Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure design. Grisaille cartouches framing vignettes of ship in harbor and train station. Vignettes block printed in orange, three greys, black, white, and blue on white satin ground. Background of vignettes printed in irisé in blues and pinks.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177728

Accession Number: 1978.131

Wallpaper

Three used wallpaper fragments of landscape figure paper. Pastoral scene shows sheperdess seated next to basket of flowers. Printed in three greens, two grays, brown, black on light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177729

Accession Number: 2000.1665

Wallpaper

Eight used wallpaper fragments of a large-scale, floral pattern consisting of meandering peonies, dogwood and tree blossoms with dotted ground. Printed in light and dark brown and blue on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177730

Accession Number: 2000.670.1

Wallpaper

Four used wallpaper fragments of allover, floral patterned paper. Printed in two greens, yellow, ochre, grey on darker grey ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177731

Accession Number: 2000.670.2a

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of lozenge and leaf patterned paper. Printed in lavender, green on white ground. Attached border. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177732

Accession Number: 1967.125.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Bellflower motif edged with smaller bellflower. Printed in pink, red, maroon, white on light pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177733

Accession Number: 1935.338

Bandbox

Small, round, pasteboard bandbox with lid. Foliate patterned bandbox with a meandering vine of oak leaves. Printed in white and green on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177734

Accession Number: 1934.2945AB

Wallpaper

Cut sample of sorgum (corn) wallpaper. Printed in ochre, grey, two blues, olive, white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177735

Accession Number: 1935.1558

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral border of red and maroon blossoms with tan and brown leaves on a reverse printed yellow field. Printed on buff ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177736

Accession Number: 1937.1025

Wallpaper

Two used wallpaper fragments. Pattern consists of filled compote dishes and vases set within round circle/medallion. Diapered ground. Printed in light green, dark green, red, brown, on bluish-grey ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177737

Accession Number: 1967.124

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of imitation marble paper. Hand painted in blue, brown, orange and yellow on black ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177738

Accession Number: 2000.1666

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Imitation woven gimp. Printed in three blues, two borwns, taupe and beige on white ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177739

Accession Number: 2000.656

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of densely arranged, six-pointed, metallic gold stars on a red ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177740

Accession Number: 2000.665

Wallpaper

Partial rolls. Landscape figure design of vignettes of four maidens in neoclassical dress, playing Blind-Man's Bluff. Scene alternates with vignette of a lamb lying next to a pedestal supporting an urn filled with flowers. Printed in grisaille.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Maillard, Colin

GUSN: 177489

Accession Number: 2000.46

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating floral sprays of delicate stylized flowers in pink, salmon.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177490

Accession Number: 2000.64

Wallpaper

Roll. Allover design of entwined bell flowers of lily of the valley blossoms. Printed in white and overprinted with grey dashes to simulate fabric. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177491

Accession Number: 2000.65

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Diapered pattern consisting of fleur-de-lis. Prints in cream on yellow ground.

Date: 1940-1950

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

GUSN: 177492

Accession Number: 2000.48

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of falling, autumn leaves against an embossed/fiber field. Printed in red, greens, pink, gold and black.

Date: 1930-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177493

Accession Number: 2000.53

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Diaper pattern in a plaid of cream and yellow. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177494

Accession Number: 2000.58

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Floral pattern consisting of peonies, mums and poppies; possibly imitating tapestry. Prints in two greens, white, mauve, yellow on white ground. Overprinted with thin vertical white stripes.

Date: 1930-1940

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

GUSN: 177495

Accession Number: 2000.71

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls and two fragments. Diapered pattern of seaweed inset with shell motif. Prints in two pinks and white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177496

Accession Number: 2000.55

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Taupe and liquid mica, irregular, vertical and horizontal, fine lines in imitation of perhaps woven silk.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177497

Accession Number: 2000.57

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating waterlilies, with cranes and dragonflies. Printed in two greens, red, rose, ochre, and grey. Varnished paper.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177498

Accession Number: 2000.60

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover, grey trellis supporting a delicate floral vine with clusters of pink, blue and tan blossoms. Drop match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177499

Accession Number: 2000.66

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Tiled pattern paper. Row of plain tiles alternate with tiles with a stylized floral design. Prints in two blues on beige, varnished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1905-1915

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

GUSN: 177500

Accession Number: 2000.61

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Red ingrain paper overprinted with red grid in imitation of woven burlap or jute.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177501

Accession Number: 2000.68

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Thin, vertical striped pattern. Printed in grey on cream ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177502

Accession Number: 2000.1692

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll of wallpaper. Grossgrain/satin ribbon, vertical stripe. Prints in cream on beige mica ground. Rib-textured paper.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177503

Accession Number: 2000.51

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Diapered pattern of stylized tulip set within wreath alternating with eight-stemed star or sun. Prints in green, white on gold (?) ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177504

Accession Number: 2000.54

Wallpaper

Unused roll of sanitary paper. Underwater scene of various fish swimming among seaweed and other underwater vegetation. Prints in three greens, blue, red-orange on ivory ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177505

Accession Number: 2000.59

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern consists of groups of thin, vertical stripes with diaper or trellis motif printed on top. Prints in two blues, white on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: United Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177506

Accession Number: 2000.62

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Stripe of stylized flower heads separating stripe composed of repeating anthemion medallions alternating with floral sprigs. Printed in brown, ochre, white and metallic gold.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177507

Accession Number: 2000.49.2

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Stripe of stylized flower heads separating stripe composed of anthemion medallions alternating with floral sprigs. Prined in green, white, ochre, and metallic gold.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177508

Accession Number: 2000.49.1

Wallpaper

Partial grasscloth wallpaper roll. Strips of grass woven together and adhered to buff colored paper

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177509

Accession Number: 2000.56

Wallpaper

Roll. Floral bouquets sprouting from foliate scrolls and draped with ribbon swags tied to floral medallions. Printed in taupe on taupe in imitation of damask. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177510

Accession Number: 2000.63

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating heart-shaped medallions bordered by foliated scrolls. Printed in green, pink and white and yellow liquid mica.

Date: 1890-1905

Maker: Gonowingo Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177511

Accession Number: 2000.67

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Red flocked paper with maroon pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177512

Accession Number: 2000.69

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover check or woven grid design. Printed in white on a mottled brown and green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177513

Accession Number: 2000.70

Wallpaper

Partial roll with one fragment. Birds perched on woody branches with rose blossoms. Printed in two blues, yellow, brown, two greys and white.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177514

Accession Number: 2000.72AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Cream colored losenges with diamonds at the intersections enclosing floral sprigs printed in red, pink, lavender, light green, two blues and black. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: United Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177515

Accession Number: 2000.76

Wallpaper

Fragment. A plain paper, with no design, with a yellow-tan ground.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177516

Accession Number: 2000.79

Wallpaper

Used fragments (six pieces). Pattern includes: (2 pieces) Scrolled foliage(?), stripe (prints in two blues, green, brown, grey on beige ground); Stylized, scrolled foliage(?) (Prints in red, green, brown on beige ground); Floral pattern (prints in two greens, metallic gold, brown on beige ground); F...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177517

Accession Number: 2000.80A-F