Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Very dark green? ground. Design not decipherable, but printed in pink and white.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177801

Accession Number: 1967.136.6

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, small-scale repeat with vertical stripes of delicate serpentine vines. Printed in white on red ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177802

Accession Number: 1967.136.7

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral possibly with medallion. Printed in dark green, turquoise and yellow on tan ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177803

Accession Number: 1967.136.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Bifircated foliate elements in green and red alternating with red outlined and horizontally striped diamonds. Separated by white scrolls on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177804

Accession Number: 1967.136.15

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with stylized flowers at intersection framing maroon diamond panel with hollow, round corners. Printed in brown, tan and maroon.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177805

Accession Number: 1967.136.19

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral vine with thick, stocky stems. Flower heads tipped in red with yellow centers and olive stems and buds on tan/khaki ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177806

Accession Number: 1967.137.14

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Allover grid of stylized floral forms with husk and bead elements. Printed in a blend of red, yellow, black and white on unground paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177807

Accession Number: 1967.137.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scrolling Greek Revival foliage in grey and white framing geometric forms. Printed on pink ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177808

Accession Number: 1967.137.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover grid of closely spaced stylized floral elements in blue on white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177809

Accession Number: 1967.137.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral pattern in which green and maroon sprigs with tendrils either alternate with or meander between white medallions on grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177810

Accession Number: 1967.137.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Bifurcated foliate elements in green and red alternating with red outlined and horizontally striped diamonds, divided by white scrolls on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177811

Accession Number: 1967.137.6

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover densely arranged leaves and suggested vine. Printed in pink with maroon edges and negative space filled in with maroon horizontal pin-stripes.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177812

Accession Number: 1967.137.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vine and stripe. Broad vertical foliate vine on blue field which appears "stretched" between two rods and alternates with tan stripe. Printed on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177813

Accession Number: 1967.137.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with stylized flowers at intersections framing maroon diamond panel with hollow round corners. Printed in brown, tan and maroon.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177814

Accession Number: 1967.137.10

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale diaper pattern. Grey vine in white field separating grid of maroon ogee-ended panels with floral sprigs in green and violet.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177815

Accession Number: 1967.137.11

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral (clematis?) heads in red and orange on a delicate yellow leafed vine with berried stems. Printed on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177816

Accession Number: 1967.137.13

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow medallion and stripe. Floral centers with foliate wreaths bordered by vertical foliate stripe. Printed in blended blue and green on unground paper.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177817

Accession Number: 1967.137.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale, white, allover foliage vine (now very dirty) in blue, cream and ochre on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177818

Accession Number: 1967.149B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped paper. Alternating vertical stripes of flowering vine and rose sprigs on a trellis. Printed in red, green and white on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177819

Accession Number: 1967.149A

Wallpaper fragment. Arabic styled diaper pattern. Grey geometric linear pattern with green horizontal striped field at centers and quatrefoils at intersections. Printed on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177820

Accession Number: 1971.200.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vertical stripes. Broad green stripe with small repeated stylized leaf forms in white with red centers, alternating with band of grey stripes in widths with stylized green vine in center. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177821

Accession Number: 1971.200.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover green scrolls enclosed within maroon borders. Field between scrolls in-filled with green tri-lobed shapes surrounded by maroon pindots. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177822

Accession Number: 1971.200.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Appears to be part of a vertical stripe consisting of white wide and narrow bars grouped to alternate with rows of white dots flanked on the left with vertical row of dots (beading) and on the right with foliate design.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177823

Accession Number: 1971.205.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover loose leaf pattern in red on white ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177824

Accession Number: 1971.205.2

Wallpaper

Fragmanet. Green stylized flower head within concave-sided diamond and framed by four elliptical leaves. Perhaps an allover medallion repeat? Printed on pink paper which serves as the ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177825

Accession Number: 1971.205.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Berried foliage in green and white surrounding a diaper patterned panel. Perhaps scroll or strapwork ? Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177826

Accession Number: 1971.205.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeat of small grey rods flanked by two white dots and wide yellow border at left.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177827

Accession Number: 1971.205.1A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border of flowers (poppies), blades of grass printed in three blues on white ground.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177828

Accession Number: 1971.201

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper of continuous, white ogees enclosing stylized foliate elements and framed by white scrolls. Overprinted with fine grid pattern.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177829

Accession Number: 1971.202

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripe and rose sprigs. Two grey stripes flanking two rows of black dots alternating with rose sprigs on a grey pin stripe field. Printed on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177830

Accession Number: 1971.203

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation grass cloth printed in brown, tan and black on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177831

Accession Number: 1971.204

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern ground, with floral medallions. Printed in blue, light blue and yellow on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177832

Accession Number: 1986.1185.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes (some scalloped) with sprigs. White and mustard printed on a beige ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177833

Accession Number: 1986.1185.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Neat tan vines with brown berries framing repeated design of crosses and circles (+0+0+0) and alternating with beige flowering vine. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177834

Accession Number: 1915.141.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment [a] with attached border [b]. Black wave scrolls on white ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178494

Accession Number: 1971.151A

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Repeating design of heart-shaped foliate scrolls in green and grey with red flower terminals. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178495

Accession Number: 1935.1553

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. White flower bouquet medallions framed by purple bifurcated scrolls. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178496

Accession Number: 1935.1554

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls of wallpaper. Diagonal rows of repeating, stylized flower blossoms and leaves. Printed in vertical stripes of blended pink and grey in imitation of rainbow paper. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178497

Accession Number: 1935.1555.1-.2

Wallpaper

Two unused samples. White medallions composed of stylized shell element surrounded by foliate wreath and separated by rust colored foliate bands which create large-scale diaper pattern. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178498

Accession Number: 1935.1564AB

Wallpaper

Pillar and Arch wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns, on which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch, and three figures in classical garb are placed under a canopy within the arch. Printed in white and black on a...

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Possibly Appleton Prentiss

GUSN: 178499

Accession Number: 1963.91A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border with continuous pattern of scrolling foliage. Printed in white and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178500

Accession Number: 1963.91B

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 1787-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 178501

Accession Number: 1965.7.1A

Wallpaper

One of two attached fragment layers. Second, or top most, layer is floral stripe and oak leaf pattern. Light green ground with oak leaf printed in white; daisy stripe printed in two browns, pink, orange, green, lavender and purple. [Also in separate folder, three fragments of same paper (b-d)]. Stra...

Date: 1818-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178502

Accession Number: 1965.7.2A

Wallpaper

Fragment of fleur-de-lys pattern printed in gilt on diapered, embossed, white ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178503

Accession Number: 1965.7.3

Wallpaper

Two unused samples of meandering branches and leaves. Printed in grey, light green and gilt on white, polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178504

Accession Number: 1985.24AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern includes a flower blossom and delicate scrolled foliage. Printed in white and light blue on an aqua ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178505

Accession Number: 1990.619.1AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover meandering foliate vine printed in taupe and brown over a field of metallic gold palm-like foliate vine. Printed on beige ground

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178506

Accession Number: 2000.629