Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Solid blue plain paper. No pattern visible.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177325

Accession Number: 1968.33.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile pattern of alternating octagons framing stylized flowerhead and vines and squares framing quatrefoils. Printed in beige and maroon on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177326

Accession Number: 1968.34

Wallpaper

Fragments. Medium-sized sprays of leaves, grass and single flower stem printed in green, tan, yellow and white alternating with beige, glossy flower sprig on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177327

Accession Number: 1968.35

Wallpaper

Fragments. Stripe. Stylized foliate vine with berries in green, orange and maroon alternating with vine with clematis-like flowers outlined in orange.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177328

Accession Number: 1968.36

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be floral design in black and white on grey ground. Pieces too small to discern pattern.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177329

Accession Number: 1968.37A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ashlar blocks. Octagons with green and brown centers alternating with squares outlined in maroon. Printed on buff paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177330

Accession Number: 1968.37B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover design of chrysanthemum and daisy flower heads printed in deep gold, orange and yellow on metallic silver ground. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1958

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177331

Accession Number: 1980.250.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral border of tulips and cyclamen on horizontal band of overlapping scallop shapes. Printed in brown, tan, yellow, pink and white.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177332

Accession Number: 1980.249B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, small-scale spiral vine with flower head terminals. Printed in aqua on light blue ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177333

Accession Number: 1980.249A

Fragment. Small, stylized flowers with stems framed by bellflower wreath and separated by medallions with hearts. Printed in brown, grey, yellow, pink, maroon and ivory on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177334

Accession Number: 1980.250.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripe composed of continuous serpentine vine with circles, and alternating with sprigs on a field of dashes. Printed in green, purple, orange and beige on a pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177335

Accession Number: 1980.250.1

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds flying amongst flowers, branches and tall grass.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177336

Accession Number: 1968.39

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe. Blue roses on a zig-zag pin-stripe ground. Unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177337

Accession Number: 1968.40.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments. Rope motif with top and bottom moulding. Printed in three greens, grey and white on a green ground.

Date: 1820-1826

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177641

Accession Number: 1969.336.3B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Masonry paper with coffered designs. Two slightly different rosettes are placed in the centers of octagons. These alternate with star and palmette motifs. Printed in grey, two greens, black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1826

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177642

Accession Number: 1969.336.3A

Wallpaper

Fragments of a sidewall paper with floral pattern of roses imitating damask fabric. Printed in white and liquid mica on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1918

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177643

Accession Number: 1969.337.1D

Wallpaper

Wide wallpaper border fragments. Large flowers, including tulips and foliage, intertwined. There is a bottom band of what looks like quatrefoils with cresting mouldings. Printed in red, pink, yellow, two greens, two blues and white on an unground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177644

Accession Number: 1969.337.1B

Wallpaper

Narrow wallpaper border fragments Attached to sidewall 1969.337.1A. Floral pattern with tulips, roses, daisies and meandering foliage. Bands of mouldings on top and bottom of border. Printed in red, pink, white, yellow, two greens, two blues, black and ochre on an unground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 177645

Accession Number: 1969.337.1C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of scrolling foliage interconnected with floral swags.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177646

Accession Number: 1969.337.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Roccoco style with C-scrolls and foliage overlapping. Printed in white and beige on a cream ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177647

Accession Number: 1969.337.4A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Paper with floral bouquets or bunches, framed by scrolling foliage, openwork. Printed in brown/gold, cream, tan, brown.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177648

Accession Number: 1969.337.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments in a pattern resembling an allover floral damask. Pattern is very faded and hard to decipher. Block-printed in white and light grey on yellow satin ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177649

Accession Number: 1969.337.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. An arcaded border that caps the stripes on the sidewall. Top band of anthemia or palmette-type shapes. In each there are alternating shells and between the arches are narrow stripes of feathered leaves. Printed in green, white, pink and yellow with black flock on a light green gr...

Date: 1800-1807

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177650

Accession Number: 1969.337.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of two stripes filled with sprig motif and separated by a narrow stripe of leaves and sprigs. Printed in green and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1800-1807

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177651

Accession Number: 1969.337.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of a stylized, undulating vine of leaves. Printed in reddish-brown and black flock, beige and gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177652

Accession Number: 1969.337.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Neo-grec border with the Greek key design. Printed in gold, brown and olive flock on a beige ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177653

Accession Number: 1969.337.5B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of small, 2-inch leaf sprigs with berries. Stamped gilt on a beige ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177654

Accession Number: 1969.337.5A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Design on border is a palmette scroll. Printed in black with gold dust on a red ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177655

Accession Number: 1969.337.6B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. This Neo-grec style paper features black, spherical vases with gilt fretwork handles, decorated with floral sprays and garlands. Stripes are formed by twining gilt with stalk with yellow ears. Printed in yellow and black with gold dust on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177656

Accession Number: 1969.337.6A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Aesthetic border with dense foliage and a top band of squares and horizontal stripes.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177657

Accession Number: 1969.337.7C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large floral frieze with top and bottom bands of acanthus leaves and mouldings. Printed on a texture paper to simulate a textile. In orange, blue, olive, black, red, mauve, beige and khaki on an olive ground.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177658

Accession Number: 1969.337.7B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. No pattern visible except for white, pin strips on a grey ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177659

Accession Number: 1969.338.1

Wallpaper

Fragments (2). Overall foliate and floral pattern. Printed in green and grey on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177660

Accession Number: 1969.339.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe pattern with central arabesque pattern. Scrolling foliage as framework around an urn with a garland of greens held up by griffins. Printed in green, red, white on a grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177661

Accession Number: 1969.339.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Foliate paper. Printed in green, olive on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177662

Accession Number: 1969.339.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of a vertical, stylized floral/foliate motif with a crown of small flowers and ending in a bell flower. Motif is surrounded by a foliate wreath. Printed in green, fushia and silver mica.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177663

Accession Number: 1969.339.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with an overlapping, asymmetrical framework of rectangles and circles and dense foliate including cherry blossom branches. Printed in brown, two greys, cream and green-gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177664

Accession Number: 1969.340.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of allover, thin, meandering branches with flowers and leaves. Printed in orange, brown-red and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177665

Accession Number: 1969.340.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of large, but delicate, scrolling foliage and floral swags. Printed in silver and gold mica, and light grey on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177666

Accession Number: 1969.340.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Art nouveau pattern of roses on thorny stems. The paper stock of the rose pattern has the texture of an oatmeal paper and the ground is printed with brown striations that imitate grass cloth. Printed in two greens, red and brown on an unground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177667

Accession Number: 1969.340.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Embossed design of floral ornament of 3-lobed shape with leaves, thistles, cross and fleur-de-lis as embellishments. Printed in gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177668

Accession Number: 1969.340.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern has faded almost completely, but there are vertical stripe lines, pin dots and sprigs. Printed in green, black, white on a bluish green ground. Tax stamp on verso. Also on verso notes and drawings relating to this paper and 1969.341.1.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177669

Accession Number: 1969.341.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Large foliate pattern with pin dots. Printed in red and white on a cream underground.

Date: 1815-1820

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177670

Accession Number: 1969.341.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern of a central medallion framed by a diamond shape of flowers surrounded by a larger foliate vine, also in a diamond shape. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177671

Accession Number: 1969.341.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of an undulating, feathered ribbon with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white and green on a pale green or blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177672

Accession Number: 1969.342.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Pattern of vertical stripes with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white, green on a blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177673

Accession Number: 1969.342.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Samples are too small to see any distinct motifs except leaves and pin dots. Block printed in white and red on a cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177674

Accession Number: 1969.342.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (5). Pattern is very faint but looks like curly scrolls and medallions. Printed in blue-grey on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177675

Accession Number: 1969.342.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Pattern of medallions with porous-like walls, with flowers in the center. Rosettes and stylized vines or wheat frame medallions. Printed in green on an unground.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177676

Accession Number: 1969.342.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of allover, meandering vines with ivy. Printed in green and grey. Second layer of wallpaper on board (on top of .4).

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177677

Accession Number: 1969.342.5

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