Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Coat-of-arms beneath a crown flanked by two roaring lions standing on a ribbon and surrounded by a laurel and oak leaf wreath. Printed in blue, maroon, pink and metallic gold [now tarnished] on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178355

Accession Number: 2000.357

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating floral sprays with berries printed in brown on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178356

Accession Number: 2000.358

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grey and white arabesques with stylized flower terminals and roses. Printed on a vibrant, polished, green ground. End of roll.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178357

Accession Number: 2000.359

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating flowering bough with fern-like leaves and rootlets. Printed in brown, black and green on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178358

Accession Number: 2000.360

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery paper of alternating vignettes. Three figures in a ruin in front of a collonade with Gothic arch and scene of soldiers firing rifles. Printed in brown, raw umber, tand and light peach on a white ground. Drop match. End of roll.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178359

Accession Number: 2000.362

Wallpaper

Fragments. Framed scenes of rustic village and view of pyramids separated by interlaced strapwork. Printed in brown, raw umber, white, tan and green on a beige ground.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178360

Accession Number: 2000.363

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe pattern with vertical floral vines and stylized floral elements embellishing the narrow stripes. Printed in brown, olive, orange, grey and white and green on a grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178361

Accession Number: 2000.371

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating green flowers with maroon pindot leaves against a grey, geometric, foliated field. Printed on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178362

Accession Number: 2000.372A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Tufted satin accented with metallic gold to form diaper pattern with vertical, ruffled ribbons. Printed in three greys and metallic gold on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178363

Accession Number: 2000.373

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering, woody vine with blossoms separating bamboo shoots and flying bird. Printed in tans and white on a tan ground.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178364

Accession Number: 2000.376

Wallpaper

Unused sample. One woman and three men on horseback hunting with hounds. Figures are wearing 18th-c. clothing with tricorn hats. Printed in three shades of green, three blues, grey, three browns, tan, red and overprinted with black, horizontal lines on unground paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178365

Accession Number: 2000.380

Wallpaper

Fragment. Farm yard scenery paper. Printed in two blues, yellow, red, brown, tan and white. (Had been in Barnstable MA.) Drop repeat?

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178366

Accession Number: 2000.385

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern formed by repeating rectangle set at diagonals and enclosing clove-like sprigs. Printed in blue and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178367

Accession Number: 2000.397AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate motif in blue within a white frame. Fragment too small to identify whole pattern. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178368

Accession Number: 2000.398A-C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Machine printed floral garland of pink roses and smaller blue flowers entwined around a rod printed in brown, tan and ochre on a maroon field.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178369

Accession Number: 2000.592

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Two rows of uncut borders. Grisaille tri-lobed leaves alternating with brattishing in yellow and black on a red field.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178370

Accession Number: 2000.593

Wallpaper

Wallpaper ragment. Diaper pattern. Reverse printed lozenges within gray diamonds with berry centers in red and orange on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178371

Accession Number: 2000.594

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border metallic gold flower heads sprouting from caylixes on black flock field and gray ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178372

Accession Number: 2000.596

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Gothic arches alternating with cruciform shapes over a row of bead and reel moulding. Printed in three blues, black and white.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178373

Accession Number: 2000.597

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover floral vine. Bachelor buttons and daisies in orange and maroon and small gray flowers on an olive vine on light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178374

Accession Number: 2000.598

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Blue satin ribbon entwined with grisaille beads. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178375

Accession Number: 2000.599

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Copper engraved nursery paper. Scenes of English soldiers in training, bayonet, cavalry, lancers, artillery, etc. Printed in blue, red, yellow and black.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178376

Accession Number: 2000.600

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gray lattice framing clusters of fruit and flowers and bunches of grapes. Printed in green and white on a gray glossy ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178377

Accession Number: 2000.602

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Four vertical rows of white dots printed on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178378

Accession Number: 2000.604

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover tan and yellow, foliate scrolls with small, yellow flowers. Printed in tan, yellow, white and maroon on a beige background.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178177

Accession Number: 2000.278.11A

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Continuous yellow and tan, foliate scrolls with yellow flowers and outlined with maroon circles. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178178

Accession Number: 2000.278.11B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern formed by repeating black scrolled element framed by green brattishing and enclosed within losenges formed by stylized fleur-de-lis. Printed in black, ochre, green, yellow and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1905

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178179

Accession Number: 2000.278.12

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating scrolled foliate elements on a diapered ground above a continuous row of quatrefoils outlined with brattishing. Printed in black, green, brown, yellow and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1905

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178180

Accession Number: 2000.278.12B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of lavender, green, white and pink speckles on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178181

Accession Number: 2000.278.13A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating leaf motif framed by foliate scrolls and beading. Printed on a speckled field in grey, red white, lavender and green.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178182

Accession Number: 2000.278.13B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper formed by white lace losenge motif framed by blue sprigs on a pin-dot field. Printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178183

Accession Number: 2000.278.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Woodgrain stripes with centered, maroon strapwork design. Printed in maroon, orange and black on tan paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178184

Accession Number: 2000.278.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of bamboo poles and foliage. Printed in yellow, maroon, black and turquoise on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178185

Accession Number: 2000.278.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of meandering vine with stylized flowers and berries or unopened buds. Printed in black, maroon, and yellow on an olive green ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178186

Accession Number: 2000.278.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Interlace design in maroon, green and yellow imitation mosaic. Printed on a beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178187

Accession Number: 2000.278.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, stylized flowers with scalloped-edged, scrolled foliage. Printed in red, maroon and pale yellow on an olive green.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178188

Accession Number: 2000.278.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating fleur-de-lis motifs connected by beaded garlands. Printed in yellow, ochre and liquid mica on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178189

Accession Number: 2000.278.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large, repeating fleur-de-lis motif above a row of bellflowers. Printed in ochre, yellow and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178190

Accession Number: 2000.279.9B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Geometric pattern of compartments with stylized foliage on flowers alternating with diamond shapes with flowers and pindots. Printed in blue and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178191

Accession Number: 2000.389

Wallpaper

Fragments. Ashlar pattern printed in brown and white on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178192

Accession Number: 2000.289.1AB

Wallpaper

Used fragment. Meandering peony and leaf pattern. Prints in green, metallic gold, red, pink, brown on light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178193

Accession Number: 2000.351

Wallpaper

Fragment. Marble tile pattern on octagons with stags enclosed by wreaths and small square tiles. Printed in brown, tan, green, white and tan on a beige ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178195

Accession Number: 2000.365

Wallpaper

Fragments. Pieces of striped design. Appears to be white strapwork alternating with a green stripe on a white ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178196

Accession Number: 2000.377.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design of meandering raspberry brambles. Printed in maroon, yellow and black on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178197

Accession Number: 2000.377.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Two white pieces with undecipherable pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178198

Accession Number: 2000.377.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating stylized flowers with scrolling foliage bordered between pink rows with metallic gold dashes. Printed in ochre, pink and metallic gold on a yellow field.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178199

Accession Number: 2000.377.4D