Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale scene of castle with crennelated towers and flags surrounded by stylized foliage and pin dots. Printed in blue, white and brown on pink ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178922

Accession Number: 1971.45

Trunk Lining

Two fragments of celestial-themed wallpaper. Consists of sun and moon motifs. Printed in white on reddish-orange ground. Used as a trunk lining. Drop repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178923

Accession Number: 1968.140

Wallpaper

Fragments. Blue repeated sprigs enclosed by swags composed of blue vertical lines. Sprigs overlayed by orange parallel lines. Printed on pale yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178924

Accession Number: 1971.51

School Book Cover

Unused sample of wallpaper used as primer cover. Small, allover, black and yellow stars on a brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178925

Accession Number: 2000.663

Small, wooden box with hinged lid. Covered in geometric patterned paper. Three-dimensional diamond shapes or parallelapipedon, foliate medallions in each. Blockprinted in white and black on a red ground. Inside is lined with blockprinted, floral paper on a blue ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178926

Accession Number: 1972.124

School Book Cover

Geometric pattern with vertical and horizontal stripes, dots and meandering, serpentine lines. Printed in two blues and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1822

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178927

Accession Number: 1965.171

Wallpaper bookcover

Wallpaper bookcover with allover, small-scale snow flakes surrounded by connected S-curves, both in dark blue on a bright blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178928

Accession Number: 1966.70

Bandbox

Small, wooden box covered in wallpaper. Paper design is simple, curved lines printed in black and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1805-1809

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178929

Accession Number: 1967.132

School Book Cover

Small prayer book covered with a green, plain wallpaper printed with the stamp of Thomas Ford, Boston. Printed in black on a green ground.

Date: 1807-1818

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178930

Accession Number: 1968.181

Box

Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1791

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178931

Accession Number: 1971.370

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Black floral stripe alternating with vertical row of zig-zag beading separating green diamonds with stylized leaves. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178932

Accession Number: 1966.194

Wallpaper

Fragments. Spiral cones with black flowers and leaves sprouting from centers. Printed in black and white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178933

Accession Number: 1952.447

Wallpaper

Fragments. All over repeated losenges reverse printed in white forming floral sprigs in yellow, orange and red with green leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178934

Accession Number: 1952.449

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diamond or lattice pattern in green, black and white framing floral element on grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178935

Accession Number: 1934.797.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale lattice in green and black on grey ground. (maybe border?)

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178936

Accession Number: 1934.797.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale organic foliate forms in white and outlined in small red dots on a blue field.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178937

Accession Number: 1985.677

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Early reproduction of the "Diana" wallpaper. Classical figures before a statue of Diana within oval frames and ornamented with draperies, hanging cords, tassels and floral swags. Printed in three blues on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1950

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

GUSN: 178938

Accession Number: 1985.675

Wallpaper

Fragments (3). Rococo Revival landscape figure. Girl with lamb feeding birds framed by C-scrolls, roses and fruit tree boughs. Printed in two greens, brown, tan, two pinks, and blue on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178939

Accession Number: 1985.676A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown, black, blue and white on tan polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178944

Accession Number: 1966.2135A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rococo floral paper with grey scrolls accented with maroon and embellished with three blue flowers and foliage in two greens. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178945

Accession Number: 1966.2134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Green ribbon entwined around tan and brown cabling on olive green flock.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178946

Accession Number: 1987.147B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small connected ivy leaves outlined in ochre on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178947

Accession Number: 1987.147

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure of a woman kneeling beside an urn and bouquets of flowers. Printed in black, white, pink and blue on a yellow/ochre ground. Drop match.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178948

Accession Number: 1922.423

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over shell and palmette medallion framed by foliate elements. Printed in indigo blue on pink ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178949

Accession Number: 1923.241

Wallpaper

Fragment. Medium sized all over blue floral on ungrounded paper with pink stripe. Paper is joined improperly at selvedge.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178950

Accession Number: 1923.247

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile pattern in blue and white of alternating square and circular designs. Circular medallion has floral center with radiating stylized foliage bordered by open basket weave, square tile has centered flower with radiating foliate forms bordered by geometric, eliptical elements.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178951

Accession Number: 1923.248

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Undulating acanthus leaves in yellow, ochre and brown entwined with white and gray and three green flowers on an olive flocked ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178952

Accession Number: 1922.945

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by black dotted lines with red and black stars at the intersections and framing reverse printed ivory centers. On unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178953

Accession Number: 1929.980A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grey Greek key stripe alternating with vertical row of small scale floral vine printed in grey, tan, olive and green. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178954

Accession Number: 1929.981

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of wallpaper. Striped, embossed, gilt design of grape or berry clusters alternating with floral sprig sprouting from a heart-shaped element. Gilt on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178955

Accession Number: 1929.982AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of roller printed, striped paper. There are landscape vignettes in Rococo cartouches with swags of vines connecting each one. Printed in silver and gold mica, grey, three greens, pale blue and reddish brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178956

Accession Number: 1966.441

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over foliate and vine reverse printed on a green field with black pin dots on a white ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178957

Accession Number: 1924.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Cone and leaf border printed in black and orange on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 178958

Accession Number: 1924.610

Wallpaper

Border fragment of continuous vine with white and grey roses printed in four greens and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge. Attached to wallpaper fragment 1965.12.2D

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178959

Accession Number: 1965.12.2C

Wallpaper

Diaper pattern wallpaper with lacy netting in the background. Scrolling foliage frames the diamond-shape losenges and arches with delicate lacework. Printed in green and grey on a blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 178544

Accession Number: 1977.106A-H

Wallpaper

Mounted sample and fragments of Gothic arches and foliate scrollwork wallpaper. Printed in brown, tan, two greys, and bright blue (reverse printed) on beige ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178545

Accession Number: 1943.783.1A-G

Wallpaper Fragment

Fragments of hand blocked and flocked border. Grape vines entwining grisaille plasterwork printed in three browns, white and four blues on rust and brown flocked ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178546

Accession Number: 1943.783.2A-E

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic paper depicting modes of transportation, past and present. Printed in six greens, three browns, two purples, two reds, yellow, orange, blue, white and ochre on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178547

Accession Number: 1921.114

Wallpaper

Paper depicting mounted riders engaged in a fox hunt with hounds. Printed in red, blue and yellow. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178548

Accession Number: 1919.268

Wallpaper

Nursery paper depicting nursery rhyme (4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie). Printed in two greens, blue, yellow, orange, white, and tan on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat?

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178549

Accession Number: 1919.269

Wallpaper

Copper engraved nursery paper depicting eight scenes: Robinson Caruso, Cinderella, Goldilocks, 4 & 20 blackbirds, the lion & the unicorn, Simple Simon, and two unidentified scenes framed by foliate scrolls with morning glories and daisies. Printed in blue, red and yellow. Straight match.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178550

Accession Number: 1919.270

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from end of roll. Repeating floral sprays in six designs. Printed in rose, red, yellow, blue and green on a light blue brushed ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178551

Accession Number: 1922.14

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Alternating medallions of foliate scrolls radiating from floral center. Printed in white on French blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178552

Accession Number: 1922.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over meandering vines with berries. Printed in two greys on a maroon field and a cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178553

Accession Number: 1922.5

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of uncut borders. Angular beaded moulding in light ochre and olive and enclosing orange losenges on a brown field. White ground paper.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178554

Accession Number: 1922.10

Wallpaper

Fragment. Green foliate border with white (now faded) flowers. Printed in three greens, brown and white on white ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178555

Accession Number: 1922.11

Wallpaper

Large-scale floral and foliate design in blue and pink on a yellow, blue and pink irise ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178556

Accession Number: 1922.2A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Panels of imitation tufted velvet in crimson flock overprinted in magenta and burgundy and alternating with anthemion in tan, brown and metallic gold on peach ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178557

Accession Number: 1922.3