Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating stylized flowers (tulips?) alternating vertically with metallic gold fleur-de-lis on a striped field. Printed in maroon, tan, metallic gold, green and copper on a beige ground. Striaght match.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178762

Accession Number: 1992.799

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes of Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown and outlined in mauve flanking meandering vine with blue and pink blossoms. Printed on an ivory ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178764

Accession Number: 2000.394

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of grisaille flowers on a polished, yellow ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178765

Accession Number: 2000.395

Wallpaper

Fragment. Framed vignette of a child resting and dog beneath a tree on a field of entwined fretwork. Printed in two browns, white, blue and green on a tan ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178766

Accession Number: 2000.396

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178767

Accession Number: 1978.140A-F

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Trophy Paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes behind bouquets and trophies of war, including shield, arrows and quiver, flag and sword. Prints in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178768

Accession Number: 1978.141.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape scene in grisaille of town with wooden bridges, framed by dense foliage and over printed with pattern of arcs.

Date: 1920-1925

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178769

Accession Number: 1978.148.6A-K

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille pillar and arch design of Corinthian columns supporting and egg & dart arch and framing an urn. A canopy and hanging cord with tassle are also visible. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178770

Accession Number: 1978.142.1A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe of stylized foliage with repeating trophies of war and floral bouquets. Printed in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178771

Accession Number: 1978.141

Wallpaper

Large fragments of three layers of wallpaper. Uppermost layer is visible and described here. Dense pattern of stylized flowers, scrolling, overlapping, thorny vines and pin dots. Printed in two greens, ochre and light orange on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178772

Accession Number: 1978.145.3A-K

Wallpaper

Fragments. Trailing floral vine. Pink carnations and small, orange and blue, stylized flowers on a meandering, woody vine. Printed in pink, red, orange, blue and green on a light green ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178773

Accession Number: 1978.143A-F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Ashlar paper is ochre with suggestion of marbling in white. Vertical coursing of blocks with plaster rosettes accented in green and brown.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178774

Accession Number: 1978.142.2A-D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Dutch tiles. Urn flanked by swans standing on foliate scrolls within a rondell and alternating with floral element draped with swags and beading. Printed in blue on white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178775

Accession Number: 1978.142.3A-I

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ivory rosettes within circles separated by scrolls and palmettes and accented with green dots. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178776

Accession Number: 1978.148.2A-J

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric design in tan and white on peach colored paper. Fragment too small to decipher overall design.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178777

Accession Number: 1978.148.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, stylized scroll elements in pink and white liquid mica on cream colored ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178778

Accession Number: 1978.148.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile design of stylized blue blossoms within provencals and notched circles. Printed in three blues and liquid mica on white ground, overprinted with a blue, dotted honeycomb pattern.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178779

Accession Number: 1978.148.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large foliate elements within grid frames. Printed in dark blue and blue on white ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178780

Accession Number: 1978.148.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Ivory rosettes within circles separated by scrolls and palmettes and accented with green dots. Printed on beige ground. Small fragments of the second layer of paper can be seen on one fragment. Samples of layers two and three missing.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178781

Accession Number: 1978.145.1A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of entwined rose vine, tulips and flowering dogwood (?) bough. Printed in green, yellow, blue and red on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178782

Accession Number: 2000.392.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating bouquets of flowers with interwoven stems separated by sprigs. Reverse printed in dark green on a green, hatched ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178783

Accession Number: 2000.392.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating yellow rosettes enclosed by scrolls and outlined with small, green dots. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178784

Accession Number: 2000.392.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale floral design of tulips or peonies in tan, pink, and red with smaller blue flowers and foliage in two greens on a white cross-hatched field on unground paper.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178785

Accession Number: 1978.146

Wallpaper Fragments

Twenty-four fragments of Chinoiserie wallpaper. Chrysanthemums and juniper-like tree bough with peacock printed in two blues against a white lattice on grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178786

Accession Number: 1978.147

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178838

Accession Number: 1971.146A

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178839

Accession Number: 1950.597

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178840

Accession Number: 1985.692A

Wallpaper Border

Border with a simple, meandering, stylized leaf pattern. Printed in blue on a light grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178841

Accession Number: 1985.690B

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178842

Accession Number: 1985.690A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Very simple pattern of an undulating line with stylized sprigs. Printed in black on a white ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178843

Accession Number: 1985.691B

Wallpaper

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 ...

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178844

Accession Number: 1985.691A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Spiral and leaf design. Attached to sidewall paper 1985.692A.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178846

Accession Number: 1985.692B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Losenge pattern with foliate element in the center of each losenge. White printed on unground paper.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178847

Accession Number: 1914.15A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diamond and octagonal medallions with stylized foliage. Blended pink and white on unground blue paper

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178848

Accession Number: 1914.15B

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178849

Accession Number: 1980.200

Wallpaper

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.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178850

Accession Number: 1980.199B

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178851

Accession Number: 1980.199C

Wallpaper

Used fragment of border. Leaf motif with striped edge (pattern indecipherable). Prints in two greys, two reds and white on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178852

Accession Number: 1980.199D

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178853

Accession Number: 1980.199A

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178854

Accession Number: 1955.298B

Wallpaper

Fragment of trellis and floral wallpaper. Printed in red, pink, two greens, blue, white and black on white figured ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178855

Accession Number: 1955.299C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover dark brown, blue and green checks on ochre ground with fine, vertical, black lines imitating woven cloth.

Date: 1900-1910

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

GUSN: 178856

Accession Number: 1974.367

Wallpaper

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

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178858

Accession Number: 1974.365B

Wallpaper

Rolled fragments. Stylized stripe of grapevine, printed in blue.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178859

Accession Number: 1974.368

Wallpaper

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

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178861

Accession Number: 1974.366

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178862

Accession Number: 1974.365C