Historic New England

Wallpaper

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Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177537

Accession Number: 1985.26.117

Wallpaper fragments. Geometric stripe pattern. Allover background design of stylized, four-petalled flowers. Between stripes is a patera motif and rosettes with four stylized palmettes branching out. Printed in blue on ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177538

Accession Number: 1992.84.1

Bandbox

Cardboard box cover decorated with imitation drapery. Design is dotted in green and black striped trim.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177539

Accession Number: 1965.160

Wallpaper

Vertical floral stripe. Blue printed on an ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177540

Accession Number: 1980.236

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stylized floral or foliate design, including acorns or berries. Rainbow paper. Block printed in green, red and orange on ungrounded, blue paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177541

Accession Number: 1992.84.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of diapered pattern wallpaper. Trellis design with stylized daisy. Printed in brown, tan and blue on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177542

Accession Number: 1931.917

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Aesthetic style paper with meandering branches with leaves and flowers and bees. Allover background pattern of vertical and horizontal dashes. Printed in blue, green, on a metallic gold on white ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177543

Accession Number: 1992.84.3

Wallpaper

Concave medallions with roses, wave scrolls and winding vines. Large diamond shapes with Medusa head. A vine of palmettes, buds and flowers decorate space between circles and diamonds. White, two pinks, two reds, peach, light yellow, two greens, black, dark brown on a blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: Probably Malaine, Joseph-Laurent (Designer) Hartmann, Risler & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 177544

Accession Number: 1950.529

Wallpaper

Floral pattern with roses and daisies. Top stripe has a continuous vine with berries and leaves. Two reds, two blues, two greens and white on a dark grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177545

Accession Number: 1950.529B

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper printed with sailing ships, docks, and cottages. Printed in red, white, green, yellow and brown on beige paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177546

Accession Number: 1988.9a

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating athemion element surrounded by acanthus scrolls. Printed in two greens and blue and white liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177547

Accession Number: 1985.26.260

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of cornflowers, roses and wheat stems. Printed in light pink, tan, olive green, mauve, yellow, green, two greys, and accented with metallic gold on a grey ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177548

Accession Number: 1985.26.269

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate intertwining scrolls and roses. Prints in yellow, 3 browns, metallic gold, white, 3 greens on green/gray ground

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177549

Accession Number: 1985.26.330

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with floral spray. Printed in two pinks, blue, two greens, yellow and white on taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer) Stockdale, Albert Richard

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177550

Accession Number: 1988.24a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper depicting floral bouquets divided by white reserves within white vertical losenge stripe. Printed in white, blue, yellow and green on pink ground. Drop match.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177552

Accession Number: 1988.12a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper depicting repeating pattern of ducks, bird houses, dollhouses, wheelbarrows and flower pots, separated by step design. Printed in red, green, blue and yellow on white ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177553

Accession Number: 1988.13a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with medallion pattern of stylized palmettes in wreaths. Printed in taupe, salmon and white on beige ground. Drop match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177554

Accession Number: 1988.14A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper depiciting reserves of flowers and fruit alternating with pagodas. Printed in cream, brown, and tan on rose ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177555

Accession Number: 1988.23a

Wallpaper

Scenery paper depicting sail boats, fishermen and gulls. Printed in brown, green, yellow, red, blue and white. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177556

Accession Number: 1988.20

Wallpaper

Wallpaper depicting oriental figures in rocky landscape. Printed in two greens, aqua, taupe, pink, tan and red on bright yellow ground. Drop pattern.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177557

Accession Number: 1988.32a

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating, stylized floral sprig with entwined stem against a field of vertical and horizontal dashes. Printed in four shades of blue.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178060

Accession Number: 2000.158

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Meandering chestnut tree boughs with blossoms. Printed in three browns, cream and navy blue. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178061

Accession Number: 2000.1622

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized roses and irises in a geometric and curvilinear framework on a finely striped or woodgrain background. Printed in transparent washes of color - blue, green, brown and red on a graduated brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Shand Kydd Ltd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178062

Accession Number: 2000.331AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Portrait of George Washington in a triangle atop a pillar ornamented with a cannon and flags. Portrait is flanked by two columns holding urns with floral vines that form a canopy. Printed in ivory, green, blue, yellow, pink and red on gray ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178063

Accession Number: 2000.1619

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral bouquet and urn, floral garland / wreath. Embellished with swags of ribbon and bowknots on a background of vertical and horizontal lines of various thickness. Printed in three greens and white on engraved, plaid "woven" ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178064

Accession Number: 2000.285AB

Travel Curling Iron heater

Tin travel curling iron heater.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178065

Accession Number: 2000.1694

Wallpaper

Roll. Square grid of four-pointed stars designed to appear three-dimensional. Printed in dark grey.

Date: 1984

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178066

Accession Number: 2000.402a

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Large-scale design of palm trees and leaves. Printed in five shades of green, grey and ochre. Overprinted with dark green, modulating, horizontal lines to imitate grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178067

Accession Number: 2000.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped pattern of alternating diamonds and vines. Printed in orange/red on an ochre ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178070

Accession Number: 2000.2215

Wallpaper

Fragment. Too small a sample to decipher entire pattern, but there appears to be thin and narrow stripes along with flowers. Printed in brown, orange, black, blue and lavender on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178071

Accession Number: 2000.2212.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of floral swags, swags of beads and tassels. Printed in blue on a yellow ground. Yellow ground has faded to white where it is not covered.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178072

Accession Number: 2000.2214.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating pattern of geometric shapes like the hexagon, separated by flowers. Printed in two blues and white on light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178073

Accession Number: 2000.2211

Scrapbook

Rainbow scrapbook cover. A pattern of large scrolling foliage with flowers, vines with grape leaves and a column or cornucopia shape with an abundance of flowers bursting out and large acanthus leaves on the side. Printed in white and light taupe on an 'irise' ground of greens and pinks.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178074

Accession Number: 2000.2212

School Book Cover

Fragment of wallpaper mounted on a bookcover made of parchment. Printed in olive green flock on a crimson ground. The content of the book is that of a school primer or book or accounts.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178075

Accession Number: 2000.2213

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. This Renaissance Revival paper has a striped pattern with stacked colonnettes. The strapwork in between the colonnettes is referred to as 'ferronerie' for its resemblance to French Renaissance ironwork. Printed in tan, two blues, two browns, and cream on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178076

Accession Number: 1967.121.2b

Wallpaper

Top border of drapery swags fastened by circular medallions and embellished with small, four-lobed flowers. Another drapery swag above has cording and is fastened by a stylized, pointed flower. Top band features squares with stylized tulips. Printed in grisaille and mint green on a light green groun...

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178077

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1B

Wallpaper

Bottom border of horizontal stripes. Printed in grays, white and black on a light grey ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178078

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1C

Wallpaper

Landscape figure wallpaper featuring three different vignettes that alternate with a vase or basket of flowers. Between each vignette are narrow stipes with stylized flowers. The vignettes are of a fisherman, cows and a shepherd. Printed in grisaille on a light grey ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178079

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1A

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpapered fireboard with pattern of a meandering, floral vine with large leaves. Printed in gray, green and brown on a gray ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178080

Accession Number: 2000.2222A

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpaper border with continuous, floral vine with foliated scrolls and stylized leaves.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178081

Accession Number: 2000.2222B

Wallpaper

Mulitple fragments of wallpaper from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Pattern of thick and thin, intertwining C-scrolls framing floral bouquets. Printed in brown, tan, blue on a white satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178082

Accession Number: 1972.110.2

Tin fluid burner

Circular, tin fluid burner with five wicks.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178083

Accession Number: 2000.1699AB

Candlestick

Wrought iron hogscraper candlestick.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 178084

Accession Number: 2000.1700

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpapered fireboard with wallpaper pattern of one central motif of an overflowing bouquet of flowers in a bejewelled chalice with a bird encircling. Printed in white, grey, three pinks, three greens, three blues, yellow, peach, orange and brown.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178085

Accession Number: 2000.2221A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Reproduction of a French Neoclassical border from 1795. Pattern of Pompeiian scenes with classical motifs. Printed in aqua, black, orange, slate, blue and two greens on a brown ground.

Date: 1970

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178086

Accession Number: 2000.672

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large scale floral in two shades of beige with metallic gold berries. Printed on white polished ground on paper embossed with parallel wavy lines.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178087

Accession Number: 1918.936

Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction Gothic paper. Pattern consists of interior/exterior view of Gothic cathedral with arches, niches, quatrefoils, tracery, column in ruins set amongst trees. Prints in three greys, cream on light blue-grey ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178088

Accession Number: 2000.1420.1