Unused wallpaper sample. Flowers in two blues printed over field of two gray flowers (roses) and leaves. Printed on unground paper.
Date: 1860-1870
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 178975
Accession Number: 1987.3
Sample. Pattern consists of the interior of a building highlighting its architecture. Probably Indian or Egyptian in style with pointed arches, peapod ornament, columns with lotus leaves. Printed in green, brown and white on an unground.
Date: 1845-1855
GUSN: 178976
Accession Number: 1987.16A-D
Fragment. Allover C-scrolls and flowers in brown and two greys, accented by two rose blossoms in two pinks, crimson and brown and outlined by radiating pin dots. Straight match.
Date: 1855-1860
GUSN: 178977
Accession Number: 1987.6
Cut sample of Rococo Revival style. Ungrounded paper with pin-dot patterning in brown. Scrolled foliage printed in yellow-gold and brown; roses printed in green and brown.
Date: 1850-1860
GUSN: 178978
Accession Number: 1987.9
Fragment. Large-scale, allover, stylized flowers in mauve/pink, on a green striped field on a polished white ground.
Date: 1840-1850
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 178979
Accession Number: 1987.11
Unused wallpaper border sample. Maltese cross alternating with squares of Chinese lattice design and bordered top and bottom with smaller, repeated Maltese crosses. Printed in yellow, red, and maroon on a tan gound.
Date: 1875-1890
GUSN: 178980
Accession Number: 1987.12
Wallpaper fragment. Vine and stripe design. Flowering vine, wisteria (?) printed in blue and light blue and alternating with vertical stripe of scrolls composed of narrow horizontal lines. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.
Date: 1845-1860
GUSN: 178981
Accession Number: 1987.14
Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale mixed flower bouquet. Anemones, peonies, morning glories and others printed in four blues with grey shadows on polished white ground.
Date: 1840-1860
GUSN: 178982
Accession Number: 1987.2
Unused wallpaper sample. Allover flowers (roses?) and foliage. Printed in dark brown, brown and tan on unground paper.
GUSN: 178983
Accession Number: 1987.4
Unused wallpaper sample. Floral wreaths on a blue field framed within plasterwork coffers in two browns and cream on an ashler block ground. Printed on a taupe ground.
Date: 1850-1865
GUSN: 178984
Accession Number: 1987.5
Unused sample. Foliate scrolls and strapwork in dark grey framing pink roses, small blue and purple flowers and climbing vines. Bordered on the right by an ashlar column entwined by berried ivy.
Date: 1845-1865
GUSN: 178985
Accession Number: 1987.8
Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper. Continuous vine of entwined wild roses and strawberries and flanked by a foliage vine (perhaps ivy). Printed in white and tan on a polished buff ground. Straight match.
GUSN: 178986
Accession Number: 1987.13AB
Unused wallpaper sample. Imitation woodgrain planks. Printed in brown and tan on unground paper.
Date: 1850-1870
GUSN: 178987
Accession Number: 1987.15AB
Fragments. Anglo-Japanese design composed of palm-like foliage and stylized flowers against a background of irregularly-sized geometric patterns. Drop match.
Date: 1880-1887
GUSN: 178988
Accession Number: 1968.71.12
Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small stepped diamonds with larger diamonds at midsection and framing centered diamonds of blue, yellow and red edged with white brattishing. Printed on ungrounded paper.
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 178989
Accession Number: 1968.71.7
Fragment. Allover meandering flowers with thick stems. Printed in olive, orange and grey on a pale yellow reverse oriented field on unground paper.
Date: 1885-1900
GUSN: 178990
Accession Number: 1968.71.13
Wallpaper fragments. Rainbow medallions of stylized flowers and foliage printed in blue, blending to yellow on blue rag paper.
Date: 1830-1835
GUSN: 178991
Accession Number: 1968.71.1
Fragments. Reform style diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting unground lines with white reverse printed fields. Tri-lobed leaves in brown, red and green sprouting red berries centered in each diamond.
Date: 1875-1885
GUSN: 178992
Accession Number: 1968.71.10
Fragments. Rectangular panels filled with flowers and single flower heads. Printed in red, yellow and ochre on a black ground.
Date: 1880-1890
GUSN: 178993
Accession Number: 1968.71.11
Unused sample. Overlapping oriental vignettes printed in green, sage, two blues, purple, lavender, two pinks, black, brown, orange and yellow on unground paper. Drop repeat.
Date: 1900-1910
GUSN: 178835
Accession Number: 1923.315
Vignettes separated by birds, lush vegetation, architectural structures. Three greens, red, pink, orange, purple, white, brown, beige, aqua on unground paper.
GUSN: 178836
Accession Number: 1923.314
Wallpaper border fragment. Stylized striped ribbon pinched by beads with floral elements mid-way between the beads. Printed in tan, green, black, rust, brown on a tan ground.
GUSN: 178837
Accession Number: 1971.146B
Fragment. Three-dimensional Rococo strapwork with horizontal pin-striped surfaces. Flowers occur on some straps. Printed in dark and light grey on a white, satin ground.
GUSN: 178838
Accession Number: 1971.146A
Fragment. Rennaisance Revivial paper with strapwork design made of C-scrolls and cartouches and vertical columns. Printed in tan, two browns and two blues on a white, satin ground.
GUSN: 178839
Accession Number: 1950.597
Two wallpaper fragments. Classical pillar and arch motif with classical elements. On arch is egg and dart moulding. Bouquets of flowers hang from center of arch by ribbon. White and black on a grey ground.
Date: 1785-1800
GUSN: 178840
Accession Number: 1985.692A
Border with a simple, meandering, stylized leaf pattern. Printed in blue on a light grey ground.
GUSN: 178841
Accession Number: 1985.690B
Brocade wallpaper with stripes. The narrow stripes are embellished with ovals and pin dots. Meandering through the stripes are intertwined vines and ribbon gathered by sprigs and bow knots. Printed in blue, two whites and pink on an orange ground.
GUSN: 178842
Accession Number: 1985.690A
Wallpaper border fragment. Very simple pattern of an undulating line with stylized sprigs. Printed in black on a white ground.
Date: 1785-1790
GUSN: 178843
Accession Number: 1985.691B
This pastoral pattern depicts three vignettes that relate to prints and copperplate textiles of the period. The vignettes are lined up vertically. There is the couple with the rake, the standing shepherd with the seated woman and seated shepherd with a woman holding a basket of fruit. Each scene is ...
GUSN: 178844
Accession Number: 1985.691A
Border fragment. Spiral and leaf design. Attached to sidewall paper 1985.692A.
GUSN: 178846
Accession Number: 1985.692B
Fragment. Losenge pattern with foliate element in the center of each losenge. White printed on unground paper.
GUSN: 178847
Accession Number: 1914.15A
Fragments. Diamond and octagonal medallions with stylized foliage. Blended pink and white on unground blue paper
Date: 1825-1830
GUSN: 178848
Accession Number: 1914.15B
Wallpaper border fragment. Floral pattern, possibly daisies, printed in two shades of green flocking, two shades of grey, yellow, orange on a white ground.
Date: 1820-1830
GUSN: 178849
Accession Number: 1980.200
Fragment. Scene of a dove, with olive branch in its beak, atop bow and arrows. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.
GUSN: 178850
Accession Number: 1980.199B
Fragment. Has part of the edge and trees seen in 1980.199A. Three shades of green, grey and black on a grey ground.
Date: 1810-1825
GUSN: 178851
Accession Number: 1980.199C
Used fragment of border. Leaf motif with striped edge (pattern indecipherable). Prints in two greys, two reds and white on grey ground.
GUSN: 178852
Accession Number: 1980.199D
Fragment. Landscape figure depicting a woman, in a rural setting, milking a goat. On the edge is a vertical, leafy stalk and next to it, a diamond pattern. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.
GUSN: 178853
Accession Number: 1980.199A
Unused sample. Medallions inset with a basket of roses. Medallions are connected by floral trails and topped with bowed ribbon. Diapered background. Prints in two pinks, blue, tan, white, two greens on beige ground.
Date: 1930-1940
GUSN: 178854
Accession Number: 1955.298B
Fragment of trellis and floral wallpaper. Printed in red, pink, two greens, blue, white and black on white figured ground.
Date: 1920-1930
GUSN: 178855
Accession Number: 1955.299C
Unused sample. Allover dark brown, blue and green checks on ochre ground with fine, vertical, black lines imitating woven cloth.
Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178856
Accession Number: 1974.367
Unused sample. Wide stripes with a stylized flower and leaf on either side with narrow stripes. With separate top and bottom borders. Printed in three ochres, two reds and two greens on a green ground.
Date: 1905-1915
Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178857
Accession Number: 1974.365A
Unused sanple. Bottom border, with matching top border (1974.365C), has a design of stylized, erect flowers alternating with leaves. Printed in three ochres, two reds and two greens on green ground.
GUSN: 178858
Accession Number: 1974.365B
Rolled fragments. Stylized stripe of grapevine, printed in blue.
GUSN: 178859
Accession Number: 1974.368
Unused sample. Allover, stylistic floral blossom repeat. Printed in tan over over field of five undulating black lines (in imitation of tapestry) on unground paper. Straight repeat.
Date: 1890-1910
Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178860
Accession Number: 1974.364
Unused sample. Allover tapestry pattern with tree boughs and foliage printed in four greens, tan and beige and outlined in maroon on pale grey-green ground.
Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178861
Accession Number: 1974.366
Unused sample. Bottom border with matching top border (1974.365B), has a design of stylized, erect flowers alternating with leaves. Printed in three ochres, two reds and two greens on a green ground.
GUSN: 178862
Accession Number: 1974.365C
Fragment. Border. Continuous guilloche with red centers. Printed in brown and metallic gold on ochre ground.
Date: 1865-1875
GUSN: 178863
Accession Number: 1996.56
Fragment. Reform style. Stylized floral and leaf ornaments in green, salmon and metallic gold within white losenge on a grey ground. Straight repeat.
GUSN: 178864
Accession Number: 1996.55
Fragment. Border. Continuous floral chain wrapped around a fluted rod, with cable band along dotted edge. Printed in black and red on white ground.
Date: 1815-1830
GUSN: 178865
Accession Number: 1971.169B
Fragment. Densely arranged floral elements separated by broad strips of flowered vine creating a subtle diaper pattern. Printed in red, two greens on yellow ground.
GUSN: 178866
Accession Number: 1971.169