Historic New England

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Pillar and arch with colonnaded exedra supporting a seated figure of Britannia holding a lance and shield above a colonnade. Alternating with an urn flanked by Corinthian columns. Printed in black and ivory.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Jones & Erwin (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177947

Accession Number: 2000.1648

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll of Palladio screen printed wallpaper. Repeating pattern of stylized divided pinwheels. Printed in green, two blues, and purple on dark green ground.

Date: 1966-1968

Maker: Sanderson (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177948

Accession Number: 1969.3627

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Green vertical stripes alternating with green stripes interrupted by geometric rose blossoms. Printed in green, maroon and metallic silver on a tan field printed to imitate burlap or cloth.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: W. Campbell & Co. (Manufacturer) Campbell, William

GUSN: 177949

Accession Number: 2000.137

Wallpaper

Four partial wallpaper rolls. Repeating vignettes of a stag and boar hunt in a forest. An ornate cabin is nestled among pine trees. Printed in two greens, black and white.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Gregory & Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177950

Accession Number: 2000.170A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A copper plate engraving of a sporting scene called "In Full Chase." This scene depicts riders on horseback with dogs on a fox hunt. Around the engraving is Gothic ornament imitates stucco, which has been stenciled and blockprinted. Printed in black, yellow and brown on a white g...

Date: 1763-1768

Maker: J. Seymour Pinxt (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177951

Accession Number: 1964.9a

Wallpaper

Fragment. Reform style floral element in gilt and black on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177952

Accession Number: 1980.245

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. LArge floral cartouche framing acanthus scrolls and pine cone motif printed below egg and dart moulding. Printed in grisaille, accented with gilt and red flock on a polished white ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177953

Accession Number: 1985.21

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized egg and dart, embossed in gold foil on a maroon, flocked ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177954

Accession Number: 2000.648

Wallpaper Book Cover

Fragment. Pair of birds on a pedestal framed by curved, oak branches alternating with an ewer with arrows, quiver, peonies, and morning glories. Printed in mauve, brown, yellow, two pinks, and blue on a light grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177955

Accession Number: 1980.197

Wallpaper

Fragments. 2 pieces of coffered scenery paper printed in yellow, brown and black. Shell-like moulding frames engravings printed directly on wallpaper. B depicts "Pushing into corner" and C is "A watery place, New Market".

Date: 1763-1768

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177956

Accession Number: 1964.9BC

Wallpaper

Fragment. White Greek key bordered above and below by beading printed in orange, black, white and grey. Printed on blue ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177957

Accession Number: 1969.418B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal repeat floral pattern. Symmetrical motif of three blossoms from which four leaves grow. Separated by a single rose. Printed in red, blue and green on pale blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177958

Accession Number: 1969.456

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Repeated stylized sprig design printed in white, black and blue on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177959

Accession Number: 1965.11A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped flowering vine. Neat flowering vine in blue and alternating with stripe composed of continuous wheat enclosed within an elipse and framed by stylized foliage.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177960

Accession Number: 1971.190

Wallpaper

Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Flowering vine in blue and black and alternating with ivy stripe. Printed on yellow ground.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177961

Accession Number: 1971.189

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Festoon border. Gathered drapery with rosettes printed in green, white, two browns, black and yellow on a pale green ground. Hung with bottom border of imitation moulding in yellow, black and orange.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177962

Accession Number: 1964.400.2A-E

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric stripe. Blocks of black diagonal dashes alternating vertically and horizontally with blocks of white undulating line, stylized foliate bordered by a scalloped dotted line. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177963

Accession Number: 1969.418

Wallpaper Border

Floral border fragment Meandering flowering vines which cross to form ellipses. Orange flowers at intersections and centered within ellipses. Printed in orange, black and varnish green on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177964

Accession Number: 1973.115.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Plain light blue paper.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177965

Accession Number: 2000.273.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Two sheets of masonic wallpaper. Two figures flanked by corinthian columns supporting an arch. Masonic symbols and arabesques decorate the paper. Printed in two pinks, blue, white and black on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1805

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177966

Accession Number: 1963.389

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper with floral medallion and scrolls printed in white. Graduated ground - from the edges orange to yellow to yellow-green to blue.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177967

Accession Number: 1971.145

Wallpaper

Pale yellow paper with no visible pattern.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177968

Accession Number: 1972.102

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Wild roses in three pinks, white and red, alternating with roses in grisaille with green centers and maroon accents, and three green foliage and stems on a grey ground with a white cable border.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177969

Accession Number: 1985.29

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small sample of flame-stitch motif wallpaper printed in red, pink, green and black. Printed on buff or unground paper.

Date: 1700-1720

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177970

Accession Number: 1985.40

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of Aesthetic-style paper consisting of an allover pattern of meandering flower and vines, including chrysanthemums. Printed in olive green, dark red, light blue, cream, yellow and black on a beige/green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177721

Accession Number: 2000.1667

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover design of palms and foliage. Printed in crimson and yellow on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177722

Accession Number: 2000.669

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of allover floral paper, consisting of rosebuds, roses and leaves. Printed in two reds, ochre, cream, green, grey and black on lighter grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177723

Accession Number: 2000.1668

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of vignettes of various fruits set within guilloche frame or platter, over diapered ground. Printed in light and dark brown, white and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177724

Accession Number: 1967.123

Bandbox

Rectangular pasteboard box without a lid. Covered in a French, striped paper. Alternating green and white stripes are embellished with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177725

Accession Number: 1966.138

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Border of swagged window-paned, checked drapery in chartruse with a garland of pink daisies and tan cable trim along the bottom edge. Printed on a blue, diapered field.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177726

Accession Number: 1922.16

Bandbox

Large rectangular box. Covered in wallpaper wtih a plaid design with floral centers. Printed in two greens, red, pink and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177727

Accession Number: 1934.2944AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure design. Grisaille cartouches framing vignettes of ship in harbor and train station. Vignettes block printed in orange, three greys, black, white, and blue on white satin ground. Background of vignettes printed in irisé in blues and pinks.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177728

Accession Number: 1978.131

Wallpaper

Three used wallpaper fragments of landscape figure paper. Pastoral scene shows sheperdess seated next to basket of flowers. Printed in three greens, two grays, brown, black on light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177729

Accession Number: 2000.1665

Wallpaper

Eight used wallpaper fragments of a large-scale, floral pattern consisting of meandering peonies, dogwood and tree blossoms with dotted ground. Printed in light and dark brown and blue on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177730

Accession Number: 2000.670.1

Wallpaper

Four used wallpaper fragments of allover, floral patterned paper. Printed in two greens, yellow, ochre, grey on darker grey ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177731

Accession Number: 2000.670.2a

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of lozenge and leaf patterned paper. Printed in lavender, green on white ground. Attached border. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177732

Accession Number: 1967.125.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Bellflower motif edged with smaller bellflower. Printed in pink, red, maroon, white on light pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177733

Accession Number: 1935.338

Bandbox

Small, round, pasteboard bandbox with lid. Foliate patterned bandbox with a meandering vine of oak leaves. Printed in white and green on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177734

Accession Number: 1934.2945AB

Wallpaper

Cut sample of sorgum (corn) wallpaper. Printed in ochre, grey, two blues, olive, white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177735

Accession Number: 1935.1558

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral border of red and maroon blossoms with tan and brown leaves on a reverse printed yellow field. Printed on buff ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177736

Accession Number: 1937.1025

Wallpaper

Two used wallpaper fragments. Pattern consists of filled compote dishes and vases set within round circle/medallion. Diapered ground. Printed in light green, dark green, red, brown, on bluish-grey ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177737

Accession Number: 1967.124

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of imitation marble paper. Hand painted in blue, brown, orange and yellow on black ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177738

Accession Number: 2000.1666

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Imitation woven gimp. Printed in three blues, two borwns, taupe and beige on white ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177739

Accession Number: 2000.656

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of densely arranged, six-pointed, metallic gold stars on a red ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177740

Accession Number: 2000.665

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stripes of meandering floral vine outlined in ochre and metallic gold of a green field and alternating with a wide taupe stripe. Printed on embossed paper.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177741

Accession Number: 2000.666

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut narrow border in imitation of woben cloth or cords. Printed in three blues, two grays, black and white.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177742

Accession Number: 2000.668

Bandbox

Small, square pasteboard bandbox covered in foliate patterned paper. The pattern consists of oak leaves, acorns, flowers, pindots and diaper pattern. Block printed in grey and blue on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177743

Accession Number: 1934.2948.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral border consisting of chrysanthemums and leaves edged with red and blue band. Printed in two reds, ochre, blue, orange, green, white on light green ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177744

Accession Number: 2000.670.2b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of imitation prints framed with borders and bow knots. These "prints" are connected by trophies, flowers and C-scrolls. Stenciled in grey and block-printed in brown, white and black on pink ground.

Date: 1760-1765

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177745

Accession Number: 1942.1559AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille Landscape figure. Herd of cows with mountainous landscape in background, framed by foliage and alternating with bouquet of naturalistic flowers.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177746

Accession Number: 2000.1661

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