Historic New England

Wallpaper

Floral paper consisting primarily of peonies. Prints in four pinks, light blue, four browns, three greys, green, and gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176582

Accession Number: 1985.26.772

Imitation needlepoint paper. Pattern consists of dense floral pattern, including peonies and daisies. Prints in two greens, two pinks, beige, five browns, and four greys on light green ground. Overprinted with overall pin dot pattern.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176583

Accession Number: 1985.26.773

Wallpaper

Floral bouquet and scrolled foliage design paper. Prints in two pinks, two greens, four browns, two blues, and red on beige ground. Embossed/textured paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176584

Accession Number: 1985.26.777

Wallpaper

Paper imitating needlework or tapestry. Floral design with shield. Prints in two browns, red, two blues, three greens, pink, white, and gold on a brown ground. Overprinted with thin lines.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176585

Accession Number: 1985.26.779

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Very large-scale, pink, climbing roses on a grey trellis. Printed in four pinks, red, four greens, pale yellow, and two greys on an ivory, embossed ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176586

Accession Number: 1985.26.78

Wallpaper

Floral and scrolled leaf designed paper. Prints in pink, two greys, brown, white, and gold on a grey/brown, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176587

Accession Number: 1985.26.780

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of peonies, bellflower garlands, quatrefoils, looking ball and scrolls. Printed in imitation of tapestry. Printed in rose, Indian red, maroon, two greens, three blues, brown, raw umber, grey, white, and overprinted with black pin stripes on a taupe-brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176588

Accession Number: 1985.26.782

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering chestnut boughs with chestnuts and blossoms entwined with a berried vine. Printed in two olive greens, burnt sienna, maroon, orange, lavender, mauve, and tan on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176589

Accession Number: 1985.26.783

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized Moorish design of tulips in horseshoe arches, geometric bands and flowers within foliated losenges. Printed in maroon, red, salmon, tan, brown, blue, blue-green, beige and metallic gold on an embossed, pink liquid mica ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176590

Accession Number: 1985.26.785

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille chrysanthemums, peonies and roses entwined with diapered scrolls and plasterwork brackets. Printed in two greys on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176591

Accession Number: 1985.26.786

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonally repeating foliate elements with berry pendants framed by metallic gold floral band. Printed in burgundy, green, brown, ochre, and metallic gold on an embossed ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176592

Accession Number: 1985.26.787

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, stylized, Baroque flowers and berries with diapered scrolling foliage. Printed in salmon and metallic gold on an embossed, green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176593

Accession Number: 1985.26.788

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stems of roses and lilacs entwined by a symmetrical foliate scroll tied with a ribbon. Printed in pink, pale yellow, olive green, tan, brown and taupe on an embossed, metallic green, imitation moire ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176594

Accession Number: 1985.26.789

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating grid of brown foliate motifs against green, dashed chevron stripes on unground varnished paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176595

Accession Number: 1985.26.790

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonally repeating grid of flower baskets framed and supported by foliate scrolls and connected by floral and berried garlands. Printed in brown, taupe, grey, cream and metallic gold on an embossed, pink ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176596

Accession Number: 1985.26.792

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn with flowers draped with beaded swags and supported by a tableture flanked by foliate scrolls with cornucopia terminals and draped with a fringed anthemion banner. Printed in tan, brown, and pale yellow on an embossed, Indian red and liquid mica ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176597

Accession Number: 1985.26.793

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Trailing foliate scrolls with berried boughs and diapered fields supporting bouquet of roses, lilacs and blue flowers. Printed in beige, ochre, tan, light blue, pink, rose, two greens, white and metallic gold on an embossed, grey ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176598

Accession Number: 1985.26.794

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Light blue and white poppies and wild flowers loosely arranged against an embossed, liquid mica ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176599

Accession Number: 1985.26.795

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized flower surrounded by a flowering vine and overlapping rows of serpentine wave scrolls and floral medallions. Printed in two olive greens, Indian red, metallic gold on an embossed, green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176600

Accession Number: 1985.26.798

Wallpaper

Vertically repeating grisaille roses alternating with stripe of ivy and daisy vine. Printed in three greys and two blues on a grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176601

Accession Number: 1985.26.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large scale basket weave pattern printed in two blues and white on dark blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176852

Accession Number: 1917.222

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small-scale all over berried vine printed in taupe and blue on polished ivory ground. Straight repeat?

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176853

Accession Number: 1918.1007

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper in grisaille. View of pagoda in a landscape bordered by black oriental lattice on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176854

Accession Number: 1918.1661

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper. Allover pattern of strapwork, flowers and foliage. Printed in turquoise, blue and black on bright yellow ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176855

Accession Number: 1918.1662

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern formed by intersecting Greek keys in dark green and enclosing stylized flower element composed of four red bellflowers and dark green arrows on an off-white field. Printed on brown ground. Straight match.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176856

Accession Number: 1918.1663

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation silk damask stripe. Alternating rows of white berried and flowering vine and blue flowers. Printed in three blues, grey and white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1910-1919

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176857

Accession Number: 1919.298

Bandbox

Oval, wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B). Paper exhibits a floral pattern with scrolling foliage, carnations and hyacinths. Printed in white, pink and two greens on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176858

Accession Number: 1922.347AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two rolls of uncut borders. Beading and egg and metallic gold on tan ground bordering red flocked stripe.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176859

Accession Number: 1922.352

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Dense pattern featuring bright colored flowers on a background of amoeba-like bushes. Blockprinted in olive green, three pinks, black, chartreuse, and yellow on blue ground.

Date: 1831-1836

Maker: John C. & Charles Cook (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176860

Accession Number: 1923.577AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow Paper, diaper pattern. Grid formed by dotted line with quatrefoils at intersections and stylized leaves within diamonds. Varnish green on blended blue and white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176861

Accession Number: 1923.7

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B) and lined with newspaper. Large-scale leaf pattern blockprinted in blue and red on a blended yellow, white and blue ground. There are two thin strips of another paper (probably Renaissance Revival) on the edges.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176862

Accession Number: 1924.438AB

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Pastoral scene depicting a couple: woman has an armload of fruit and man leans on shovel. Another woman waters flowers with watering vessel. Printed in two greens, white, pink on a blue ground.

Date: 1828-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176863

Accession Number: 1926.860AB

Scrapbook

Fragment. Off-print onto next layer of paper. Medallions or rosettes printed in white on blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176864

Accession Number: 1919.358.2C

Scrapbook

Fragments, Rosettes in green enclosed by yellow wreaths with anthemion design (straight repeat?)

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176865

Accession Number: 1919.358.2B

Scrapbook

Fragment sprig and stripe. Narrow (3/16") white stripes bordered by blue stripes and alternating with verticle band of blue sprigs printed on grey ground (straight repeat?)

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176866

Accession Number: 1919.358.2A

Scrapbook

Fragment. Medallion or Rosette paper printed in white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176867

Accession Number: 1919.358.1A-C

Wallpaper

Blossoms and leaves printed in grisaille on yellow ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176868

Accession Number: 1971.215.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Foliate and floral scroll pattern printed in gray, overprinted with darker gray stripes. White, polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176869

Accession Number: 1971.215.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale grisaille foliate vine with flowers and berries accented with metallic gold (now tarnished) on light gray, polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176870

Accession Number: 1971.215.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate stripe in gray and white alternating with vertical stripe of windowpane plaid printed in two greens, ochre and brown on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176871

Accession Number: 1971.215.1

Scrapbook

Vine and stripe printed in grey, brown and taupe on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176872

Accession Number: 1971.217.2

Wallpaper

Faux moire wallpaper printed in green on white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176873

Accession Number: 1971.217.1

Scrapbook

Rococo scrolls printed in grey connected by garlands of blue, pink and yellow flowers with green foliage. (undetermined repeat)

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176874

Accession Number: 1971.216

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral Rococo design. Bouquets of roses, lily-of-the-valley and bachelor buttons framed by brown C-scrolls. Printed in two browns, tan, two blues, black, three greens and three pinks on white ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176875

Accession Number: 1920.470

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) with lid (B). Lid: Scene of lively squirrels. One has an acorn and the other, on all fours, wants it. Box: Scene of a stag hunt. Stag is leaping through a forest with dogs nipping at its heels. Maker's label on lid interior [see Inscriptions].

Date: 1833-1845

Maker: S.M. Hurlbert (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176876

Accession Number: 1931.998AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper, cut sample of Anglo-Japanese paper. Floral and geometric motifs of Greek key and cherry blossoms. Printed in red, olive green, brown, yellow, gold on light green pebble textured paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176877

Accession Number: 1973.453

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical columns or stripes of scroll work with horizontal lines and dots for shading. Within the scrolled framework are vignettes of figures in Elizabethan dress with classical architectural elements behind them. Printed in grey, green, red on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176878

Accession Number: 1985.15

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Renaissance revival stripe composed of white strapwork enclosing urns and marble panels. Bordered on the right by red strapwork with foliate scrolls framing lavender and green marble panels. Printed on a polished white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176879

Accession Number: 1985.25