Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe. Geometric green and orange bands flanking dark brown palmettes on unground paper, and alternating with reverse printed, allover stylized leaves.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177119

Accession Number: 1969.584.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overall baroque floral in imitation of cut velvet. Mustard, red, white on a yellow-green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177120

Accession Number: 1969.578.11A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern. Allover grid of octagons and circles printed in green and two lavenders with gold dust on a light green ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177121

Accession Number: 1969.596A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn with fruit flanked by foliate scrolls and cornucopia. Printed in five shades of brown and accented with metallic gold on a brown flocked ground.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177122

Accession Number: 1940.976B

Unused wallpaper sample. Medium-sized meandering leaves and branches with some berried terminals. Printed in ochre, tan, rust and metallic gold and silver on beige ground embossed with basket weave texture. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1901

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177123

Accession Number: 1969.594

Wallpaper

Fragment. Balustrade in grisaille with blue ground. Probably dado paper.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177124

Accession Number: 1969.589

Wallpaper

Brown, green, white on a gold ground. Rhonish landscape; castle atop riverside crag. Imitation leather.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177125

Accession Number: 1969.605

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Continuous band of grey flowers and reddish-brown berries with yellow centers. Printed on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177126

Accession Number: 1969.580.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of roses in brown, tan and maroon alternating with stripe of white flowers on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177127

Accession Number: 1969.580.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal grid of stylized floral cartouches separated by fleur-de-lis. Printed in maroon, gold, olive and light green on ground with horizontal pinstripes.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177128

Accession Number: 1969.581.2

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Allover, stylized snowflake-type floral. Pale yellow, tan and red on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177129

Accession Number: 1969.581.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Woodgrain paper in tan and ochre.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177130

Accession Number: 1969.581.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small sprig set off by strapwork, against a vaguely Gothic grid background. Printed in blue, brown and green on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177131

Accession Number: 1969.585.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Initmation of cut velvet, diagonal grid of scrolled cartouche forms. Painted in two greens, olive green, mint green and black on unground, buff colored paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177132

Accession Number: 1969.581.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate C-scrolls in white green and red on unground? paper.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177133

Accession Number: 1969.585.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral in pink, maroon, olive green and yellow on a grey (once white?) ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177134

Accession Number: 1969.585.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fagments. Undulating acanthus leaves framing rosettes. Printed in brown, maroon, tan and yellow on burnt sienna flocked field.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177135

Accession Number: 1969.590.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Border of three overlapping daisies in white and gold alternating with gold husks on green field. Printed in two browns, tan, ochre, two greys, white and two greens.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177136

Accession Number: 1969.590.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small diaper pattern in peach with maroon floral element at intersection on a polished light peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177137

Accession Number: 1969.591.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Bead and reel horizontal band with suspended husk or "gimp" printed in grisaille "in front" of blue scalloped raised panels. Printed on off-white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177138

Accession Number: 1969.591.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White lattice and two, blue ivy foliage and vine with yellow berries printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177139

Accession Number: 1969.591.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Flocked border. Six-sided star in metallic gold and tan outlined in dark green and red on maroon flocked field. Printed on peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177140

Accession Number: 1969.591.1B

Wallpaper

Rainbow wallpaper with yellow to orange blended floral medallions and serpentine foliate curves in white on a blended polished ground of green, yellow and orange.

Date: 1830-1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177141

Accession Number: 1969.576

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale, allover design of red and black berries on a brown stem with meandering grass or vine in white. Printed on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177142

Accession Number: 1969.588

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese stylized flowers and foliage with Japanese medallions and shells. Printed in olive, tan, black and orange-red on ochre ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177143

Accession Number: 1969.593

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Moon, stars and sunbursts printed in tan, grey and metallic gold on cream ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177144

Accession Number: 1969.599

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese floral pattern. Asymmetrical arrangement of flowers within geometric frames and in filled with geometric patterns. Printed in maroon, turquoise, orange, olive and metallic gold on black ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177145

Accession Number: 1969.600

Wallpaper

Vertical stripes. Plain broad stripe framed by narrower stripe. Burgundy printed on a red ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177146

Accession Number: 1969.606

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Large feathery leaves and flowers. Embossed. Silver mica, gold mica, sand, light brown on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177147

Accession Number: 1969.783A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Greek key pattern stripe with stylized leaf ornaments, fretwork and lobed cartouches within stripes. Printed in two shades grey, crimson, brown, black and white on a pale grey-blue ground

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177148

Accession Number: 1969.580.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Renaissance Revival. Stripe. Repeating red and green schematic flowers within blue and green cartouches bordered by diaper pattern stripe. Printed on polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177149

Accession Number: 1969.580.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral pattern with branches of dogwood, roses. Grey, brown, beige dark blue on a blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177150

Accession Number: 1969.783B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Narrow border with twisted foliage in two greys and black and maroon edges.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177151

Accession Number: 1969.586.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern printed in ochre with light green diamonds printed in the center, from which "rootlets" grow. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177152

Accession Number: 1969.586.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Machine printed sprig pattern in two blues and two browns with brown dots on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177578

Accession Number: 1986.1102

Wallpaper

Two fragments. Small-scale diaper pattern framed by white, reverse printed diamonds outlined in brown with blue, stylized flower heads in the centers. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177579

Accession Number: 1986.1101AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Thin strips of grass tinted blue-grey and woven together with thread.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 177580

Accession Number: 2000.162

Wallpaper

Fragment of Walt Disney cartoon character paper showing Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a picnic with Pluto, Donald Duck with train, Goofy, Pinocchio with Bambi, and two of the seven dwarfs. Light pink (?) ground with pattern printed in blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, red, orange.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Possibly Sunworthy (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177581

Accession Number: 1980.198

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of lacy medallions inset with rose nosegay. Octagonal medallion separated by leaves and small, circular medallion. Printed in pink, green, yellow on yellow-green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Galligan, William J. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177582

Accession Number: 1978.210A-D

Wallpaper

Four partial rolls. Pattern composed of long-tailed bird (a finch?) set within a scalloped-shaped, floral medallion. Prints in green, brown, mauve, yellow on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177583

Accession Number: 1978.205A-E

Wallpaper

Four fragments that fit together. Pattern features a central medallion with foliage inside and is framed by beading. Above and below medallion is flowing ribbon and on the side are flowers and foliage. Printed in two greys on a light grey ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177584

Accession Number: 1952.470

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Repeating diaper pattern with stylized medallions in each losenge. Small diamonds separate the large losenges. Printed in taupe, two greys on a gray-green ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177585

Accession Number: 1952.469

Wallpaper

Four unused rolls and fragments. Imitation woven design. Printed in gold, yellow, orange, green, cream on tan ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177586

Accession Number: 1978.207A-E

Wallpaper

Eight partial rolls of wallpaper. Allover floral pattern composed of peonies, poppies, mums, daisies and other assorted flowers. Printed in two yellows, two greens, beige on white ground.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 177587

Accession Number: 1978.222

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls. Diapered pattern of small tulip motif. Prints in pink on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177588

Accession Number: 1978.221ab

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Pattern composed of rosette and swans flanking a lyre set within stencilled squares. Printed in white and grey on ochre ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177589

Accession Number: 1950.600

Wallpaper

One length [Fragment A] and seven fragments [b-h] of the scenic paper "Les Jardins Francais." This panel depicts two women and a man in a park with a statue and balustrade. The architectural ornaments in the garden are derived from classical sources.

Date: 1822-1837

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Mongin, Antoine-Pierre

GUSN: 177590

Accession Number: 1929.1853.1A-H

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of vertical stripe of tall basket or urn filled with flowers alternating with floral spray. Edged wtih heart motif and stylized leaf and flower. Prints in pink, mauve, three greens, blue, yellow, grey on grey ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1945-1950

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

GUSN: 177591

Accession Number: 1950.604.1-.3

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern composed of floral spray with ivy garland alternating with floral rosette medallion; diapered background; pleated edges. Prints in two pinks, orange, three greens, red, white, tan, mauve on mauve ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

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

GUSN: 177593

Accession Number: 1950.599

Wallpaper

Six unused rolls. Diaper pattern composed of root-like motif inset with anthemion. Printed in white and gray on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer) United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177594

Accession Number: 1950.602.1-.6

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