Historic New England

Wallpaper

Medieval style paper with metallic gold, double crosses alternating with stylized heraldic element also in metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176384

Accession Number: 1985.26.513

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral patterned paper with scrolling leaves set atop ribbon-striped background. Printed in two browns, two greens, white and metallic ground on light green ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176385

Accession Number: 1985.26.514

Unused sample. Pattern consists of alternating large and small sizes of stylized iris or lily. Printed in red, dark olive, metallic gold and white on tan, chevron-embossed ungrounded paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176386

Accession Number: 1985.26.516

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Pattern consists of stylized scroll and crown-shaped motif. Printed in green and black on olive, pebbled textured, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176387

Accession Number: 1985.26.517

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border, kilim-style pattern. Printed in red, mustard yellow, light yellow, blue, light green, dark green and black on ochre ground. Overprinted with black pin dots.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176388

Accession Number: 1985.26.518

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Pattern consists of roses and curving leaf, buds, and beads. Edged with cabling. Printed in pink, brown, metallic copper, metallic gold, and light green on darker green mica ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176389

Accession Number: 1985.26.519

Wallpaper

Unused sample of imitation tapestry paper. Floral design of poppies in red, pink, yellow, three greens, and bluish-grey on olive ground. Overprinted with black screen.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176390

Accession Number: 1985.26.520

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation silk damask with bouquets of flowers and wheat framed by foliate scrolls draped with floral garlands. Printed in cream and tan on a field of narrow, metallic gold pin stripes on an embossed, taupe liquid mica ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176391

Accession Number: 1985.26.522

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large diaper pattern formed by scalloped losenges outlined in white arabesques and framing wild rose bouquets surrounded by wild rose wreaths. Printed in two pinks, rose, lavender, three greens, yellow, white, blue, grey-green on a grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176392

Accession Number: 1985.26.523

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Baroque Revival floral design surrounded by scalloped stiff leaf frame. Pink damask design on an embossed, salmon colored, moire ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176393

Accession Number: 1985.26.524

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Densely arranged, scrolling acanthus leaves framing a floral bouquet in an urn. Printed in green, salmon, tan, white, metallic copper and pewter on a metallic gold field and an embossed, ochre ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176394

Accession Number: 1985.26.525

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Background of diaper pattern with strapwork cartouches and flowers in the foreground. Printed in beige, teal, red, brown and light brown on a dark taupe ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176395

Accession Number: 1985.26.528

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper. Printed in white and beige on mauve, mica ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176396

Accession Number: 1985.26.531

Wallpaper

Unused sample of paper. Pattern consists of acanthus leaf scrolling around lance with fleur-de-lis spearhead. Printed in two browns and black on oatmeal colored, herringbone embossed paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176397

Accession Number: 1985.26.532

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Bottom and top band of facing triangles. Central pattern of stylized leaves framed by scrolling lines of beads. Printed in red, burgundy, gold, black on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176398

Accession Number: 1985.26.534

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper consisting of peonies(?) and scrolling foliage. Printed in grey, yellow and gold on mauve, liquid mica ground. Ribbed embossed paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176399

Accession Number: 1985.26.535

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of wreath tied at bottom with ribbon and topped with bowl and floral bouquet. Printed in white, metallic copper, metallic gold and liquid mica on beige sand ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176400

Accession Number: 1985.26.536

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper. Pattern consists of meandering Frescan-like flowers and scrolling leaf. Printed in pink, white, liquid mica and metallic gold on light pink textured ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176401

Accession Number: 1985.26.538

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral and scrolling foliage paper. Printed in grey and metallic gold on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176402

Accession Number: 1985.26.539

Wallpaper

White losenges with Greek keys at the intersections framing metallic gold, foliate sprigs printed on a grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176403

Accession Number: 1985.26.54

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

Wallpaper

Fragments. Three dimensional block with chains on the cube sides. Printed in black and white on a blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176880

Accession Number: 1985.819AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample (6 pieces). Allover design of stylized baroque flowers with scrolling foliage. Printed in pale yellow and brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176881

Accession Number: 1985.829A-F

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating metallic gold cartouches framing white rose sprigs and connected by metallic gold garlands on a blue imitation woven ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176882

Accession Number: 1985.832

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Incomplete width. Large-scale bough with yellow and ochre chrysanthemum blossoms entwined with two vines with pink blossoms. Printed against a light blue, dotted field on a blue ground.

Date: 1890

Maker: Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer) Morris, William

GUSN: 176883

Accession Number: 1985.841

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