Historic New England

School Book Cover

Geometric pattern with vertical and horizontal stripes, dots and meandering, serpentine lines. Printed in two blues and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1822

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178927

Accession Number: 1965.171

Wallpaper bookcover

Wallpaper bookcover with allover, small-scale snow flakes surrounded by connected S-curves, both in dark blue on a bright blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178928

Accession Number: 1966.70

Bandbox

Small, wooden box covered in wallpaper. Paper design is simple, curved lines printed in black and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1805-1809

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178929

Accession Number: 1967.132

School Book Cover

Small prayer book covered with a green, plain wallpaper printed with the stamp of Thomas Ford, Boston. Printed in black on a green ground.

Date: 1807-1818

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178930

Accession Number: 1968.181

Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1791

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178931

Accession Number: 1971.370

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Black floral stripe alternating with vertical row of zig-zag beading separating green diamonds with stylized leaves. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178932

Accession Number: 1966.194

Wallpaper

Fragments. Spiral cones with black flowers and leaves sprouting from centers. Printed in black and white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178933

Accession Number: 1952.447

Wallpaper

Fragments. All over repeated losenges reverse printed in white forming floral sprigs in yellow, orange and red with green leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178934

Accession Number: 1952.449

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diamond or lattice pattern in green, black and white framing floral element on grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178935

Accession Number: 1934.797.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale lattice in green and black on grey ground. (maybe border?)

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178936

Accession Number: 1934.797.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale organic foliate forms in white and outlined in small red dots on a blue field.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178937

Accession Number: 1985.677

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Early reproduction of the "Diana" wallpaper. Classical figures before a statue of Diana within oval frames and ornamented with draperies, hanging cords, tassels and floral swags. Printed in three blues on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1950

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178938

Accession Number: 1985.675

Wallpaper

Fragments (3). Rococo Revival landscape figure. Girl with lamb feeding birds framed by C-scrolls, roses and fruit tree boughs. Printed in two greens, brown, tan, two pinks, and blue on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178939

Accession Number: 1985.676A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown, black, blue and white on tan polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178944

Accession Number: 1966.2135A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rococo floral paper with grey scrolls accented with maroon and embellished with three blue flowers and foliage in two greens. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178945

Accession Number: 1966.2134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Green ribbon entwined around tan and brown cabling on olive green flock.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178946

Accession Number: 1987.147B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small connected ivy leaves outlined in ochre on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178947

Accession Number: 1987.147

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure of a woman kneeling beside an urn and bouquets of flowers. Printed in black, white, pink and blue on a yellow/ochre ground. Drop match.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178948

Accession Number: 1922.423

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over shell and palmette medallion framed by foliate elements. Printed in indigo blue on pink ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178949

Accession Number: 1923.241

Wallpaper

Fragment. Medium sized all over blue floral on ungrounded paper with pink stripe. Paper is joined improperly at selvedge.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178950

Accession Number: 1923.247

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile pattern in blue and white of alternating square and circular designs. Circular medallion has floral center with radiating stylized foliage bordered by open basket weave, square tile has centered flower with radiating foliate forms bordered by geometric, eliptical elements.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178951

Accession Number: 1923.248

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Undulating acanthus leaves in yellow, ochre and brown entwined with white and gray and three green flowers on an olive flocked ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178952

Accession Number: 1922.945

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover foliate pattern printed grey, blue-grey, brown and green on a light brown.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178638

Accession Number: 1988.68.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Neoclassical elements including an oval medallion, scrolls, bouquets, ribbon and swags of a bead and reel. Grey and white printed on grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178639

Accession Number: 1988.68.7

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical white stripes on a white ground. Textured paper.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178640

Accession Number: 1988.68.10A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Paper is very natural looking with allover wood fibers and brown in color.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178641

Accession Number: 1988.68.9

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating motifs of flowers, columns and vignettes of small villages within geometric frames and surrounded by geometric and floral patterns. Printed in red, maroon, cream, pale yellow, olive and black. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178642

Accession Number: 1973.127

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertically repeating stripes of floral sprigs and berries alternating with stripes of squares with X's in the centers. Printed in red, orange, tan, brown and white. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178643

Accession Number: 1973.125

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertical stripes of orange and red roses alternating with grisaille rose vines. Printed in red, orange, yellow, white and two greys. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178644

Accession Number: 1973.128

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover pattern of loose spray of flowers and grasses. Printed in black, orange, red, yellow and beige on tan ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178645

Accession Number: 1973.124

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Small, repeating, maroon leaves alternating with yellow rootlet design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178646

Accession Number: 1973.129

Wallpaper

Two rolled fragments of landscape figure wallpaper. Repeating vignette of colonial figures: one male standing; one male seated at a table served drinks by a woman outdoors. Beneath the figures is a scene of a boy playing with a sailboat. Vignettes are flanked by entwined foliate vine.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178647

Accession Number: 1973.117AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll. Grey, diapered strapwork draped with lace swags and ornamented with pink and blue flowers. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178648

Accession Number: 1973.120

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Ashlar blocks with C-scrolls on their faces and framed by grapevine and flowers. Printed in green, brown and tan.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178649

Accession Number: 1973.121

Wallpaper

Partial roll of taupe foliate scrolls and strapwork, accented with olive C-scrolls and red roses. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178650

Accession Number: 1973.122

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Maroon, green and grey stripes alternating with roses, vines entwined around grey C-scrolls on a maroon pindot field. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178651

Accession Number: 1973.123

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Repeating floral sprigs draped with garlands alternating with stripes composed of red, geometric elements and gilt brattishing. Printed in red, white, and tan. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178652

Accession Number: 1973.130

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Diaper pattern formed by elongated quatrefoil framing floral sprigs and separated by undulating ribbon or seaweed-like lines. Printed in two blues, black, brown, and grey.

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178653

Accession Number: 1973.126

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pink, entwined strapwork framing pink roses and green foliage. Printed on a polished pink-grey ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178654

Accession Number: 1973.119

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scenic paper formed within Gothic arch. American ship (designated by flag with 13 dots for stars) anchored in European (Italian ?) port. Lighthouse on rocks and sailors on shore.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178655

Accession Number: 1971.148

Bandbox

Small, oval, wooden bandbox covered with paper. Pattern depicts sun-like medallion framed by a foliate vine with berries and stylized foliage. Printed in red, pink and orange on a yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178656

Accession Number: 1965.142

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Representation of a seaport town, Gallipoli, of European Turkey; armed men are marching; you see the water and the picturesque harbor and Turkish soldiers in boats. Two browns, red, white and cobalt blue on a sky blue ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178657

Accession Number: 1965.143A-C

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Roses and winding vine printed in blue, green, pink and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178658

Accession Number: 1965.12.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Floral sprays in blue and pink on a blue ground with pin dots.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178659

Accession Number: 1965.12.1A

Wallpaper

Cherry tree branches with leaves and blossoms. Printed in aqua, two pinks, two greens, grey, two blues, two tans and black on white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178660

Accession Number: 1965.12.2A

Wallpaper

Floral border printed in three pinks, four greens, and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178661

Accession Number: 1965.12.2B

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of flowers and leaves. Printed in taupe, blue, pink, brown and outlined in metallic silver. Overprinted with grey, dashed, vertical lines to create the appearance of woven tapestry. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178662

Accession Number: 1985.797

Wallpaper

This made-to-match wallpaper border continues the C-scrolls, gnarled twigs and scrolling foliage of the sidewall. An added motif is the lattice work or diaper pattern. Printed in two beiges, brown, white and green on an off-white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178663

Accession Number: 1973.111B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with attached border. Pattern of vertical panels printed with alternating scenes featuring bucolic views of a thatched cotttage and swimming swans. Between repeating vignettes are stripes of gnarled twigs. Printed in two beiges, brown, white, and green on off-white ground.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178664

Accession Number: 1973.111A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes with small blue 'x's framed by diaper pattern and alternating with stripes of stylized eliptical vine enclosing leaf. Blue flower at intersection on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178668

Accession Number: 1965.174C

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