Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale, allover, stylized flowers in mauve/pink, on a green striped field on a polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178979

Accession Number: 1987.11

Unused wallpaper border sample. Maltese cross alternating with squares of Chinese lattice design and bordered top and bottom with smaller, repeated Maltese crosses. Printed in yellow, red, and maroon on a tan gound.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178980

Accession Number: 1987.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vine and stripe design. Flowering vine, wisteria (?) printed in blue and light blue and alternating with vertical stripe of scrolls composed of narrow horizontal lines. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178981

Accession Number: 1987.14

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale mixed flower bouquet. Anemones, peonies, morning glories and others printed in four blues with grey shadows on polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178982

Accession Number: 1987.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover flowers (roses?) and foliage. Printed in dark brown, brown and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178983

Accession Number: 1987.4

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral wreaths on a blue field framed within plasterwork coffers in two browns and cream on an ashler block ground. Printed on a taupe ground.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178984

Accession Number: 1987.5

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliate scrolls and strapwork in dark grey framing pink roses, small blue and purple flowers and climbing vines. Bordered on the right by an ashlar column entwined by berried ivy.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178985

Accession Number: 1987.8

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper. Continuous vine of entwined wild roses and strawberries and flanked by a foliage vine (perhaps ivy). Printed in white and tan on a polished buff ground. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178986

Accession Number: 1987.13AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Imitation woodgrain planks. Printed in brown and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178987

Accession Number: 1987.15AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Anglo-Japanese design composed of palm-like foliage and stylized flowers against a background of irregularly-sized geometric patterns. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178988

Accession Number: 1968.71.12

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small stepped diamonds with larger diamonds at midsection and framing centered diamonds of blue, yellow and red edged with white brattishing. Printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178989

Accession Number: 1968.71.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover meandering flowers with thick stems. Printed in olive, orange and grey on a pale yellow reverse oriented field on unground paper.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178990

Accession Number: 1968.71.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Rainbow medallions of stylized flowers and foliage printed in blue, blending to yellow on blue rag paper.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178991

Accession Number: 1968.71.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Reform style diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting unground lines with white reverse printed fields. Tri-lobed leaves in brown, red and green sprouting red berries centered in each diamond.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178992

Accession Number: 1968.71.10

Wallpaper

Fragments. Rectangular panels filled with flowers and single flower heads. Printed in red, yellow and ochre on a black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178993

Accession Number: 1968.71.11

Wallpaper

Fragment. Interlocking lattice design in brown and white with blue octagons in centers. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178994

Accession Number: 1968.71.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Reform style pattern composed of stylized foliate elements on a blue reverse printed field within white diamonds with scalloped edges and alternating with smaller quatrefoils on a maroon reverse printed field. All printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178995

Accession Number: 1968.71.5

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by unground paper with white reverse printed fields. Stylized flower within a medallion at the intersections. Printed in red, black and white.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178996

Accession Number: 1968.71.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Woodgrain stripes bordered by narrow brown stripes, narrow tighter grained woodgrain stripe and tan stripe. Printed in two browns, tan and red. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178997

Accession Number: 1968.71.8

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Woodgrain paper. Wide, alternating stripes of imitation bird's-eye maple and pine planking. Printed in brown, tan and red on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178998

Accession Number: 1968.71.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stripe. Ivy leaves with red flower elements alternating with stripe of possibly a moire pattern in white on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178999

Accession Number: 1968.71.14B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pieces too small to determine design, but it is probably a mid-sized floral medallion. Printed in green and white on unground paper.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179000

Accession Number: 1968.71.14C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous berried and flowered vine in green and red and bordered by strapwork stripe in tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179001

Accession Number: 1968.71.14A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover floral design of daisy-like flower heads in red, pink and blue surrounded by dense field of foliage printed in green, red and blue-grey on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179002

Accession Number: 1968.72.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral trail of orchid-like flowers printed in light blue, pink and red with a green and yellow striped stamen, all outlined in black. Printed on a beige polished ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179003

Accession Number: 1968.72.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Alternating violet and light violet strips. Printed in imitation of chambray cloth.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178336

Accession Number: 2000.301

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Narrow, violet pinstripes on a white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178337

Accession Number: 2000.302

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating lavender stripes with purple pinstripes alternating with plain white stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178338

Accession Number: 2000.303

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Ivory stripe alternating with liquid mica stripe on a grosgrain textured ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178339

Accession Number: 2000.315

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering berried vine on a diapered and striped field and above a row of undulating beads. Printed in tan, red, olive and metallic gold and copper on an embossed, beige ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178340

Accession Number: 2000.317

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating hibiscus-like flowers with smaller clusters of blossoms. Printed in red, peach, yellow, white, taupe, metallic gold and maroon on a tan ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178341

Accession Number: 2000.318

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overlapping bands or ribbons in four designs composed of foliate scrolls, repeating quatrefoils, flowers and beading. Printed in salmon, blue, olive, yellow and metallic gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178342

Accession Number: 2000.319

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Crimson, tan, cream, tan and blue liquid mica speckles overprinted with maroon dashes on a pink ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Chicago Wall Paper Mill (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178343

Accession Number: 2000.320

Fireboard

Fragment. Fireboard paper. A rural scene with four figures and a dog. The men are working the land in front of the house. Printed in white, four greens, yellow, red, two blues, two browns, beige, tan and grey on a cream ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178344

Accession Number: 2000.321

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design of entwined wild roses in maroon and metallic gold on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178345

Accession Number: 2000.322AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper corners. Coffered squares inset with flowered branch and fruit (possibly pomegranates or figs). Printed in brown, tan, olive, burnt sienna and two blues on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178346

Accession Number: 2000.323

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sanitary paper. Tile pattern with sprig framed by C-scrolls. Printed in orange and red on a yellow ground and then varnished.

Date: 1900-1910

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

GUSN: 178347

Accession Number: 2000.324

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of chrysathemum sprays printed in taupe against a white grid or screen on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178348

Accession Number: 2000.325

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Oval medallions, encircling flowers, framed by floral wreaths with torches and ribbon. Floral swags connect medallions to bouquets. Printed in green flock on a green mica, embossed ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178349

Accession Number: 2000.334

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral pattern with pin stripes in the background. Printed in two shades of taupe. Printed over pinstripes in metallic gold on an unground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178350

Accession Number: 2000.339

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Floral stripe paper. Prints in two lavenders, two greens, black on white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178351

Accession Number: 2000.348

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Stylized floral fleuron set in diaper pattern. Prints in two greens, orange, periwinkle blue, white, black on tan, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178352

Accession Number: 2000.352

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Small floral bouquet set over large leaf. Cube diapered pattern background. Prints in lavender, green, brown, white on brown, unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178353

Accession Number: 2000.353

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Ashlar-style pattern of rectangular molding with diamond and quatrefoil patterns. Prints in blue and white on green, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178354

Accession Number: 2000.354

Wallpaper

Fragment. Coat-of-arms beneath a crown flanked by two roaring lions standing on a ribbon and surrounded by a laurel and oak leaf wreath. Printed in blue, maroon, pink and metallic gold [now tarnished] on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178355

Accession Number: 2000.357

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating floral sprays with berries printed in brown on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178356

Accession Number: 2000.358

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grey and white arabesques with stylized flower terminals and roses. Printed on a vibrant, polished, green ground. End of roll.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178357

Accession Number: 2000.359

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating flowering bough with fern-like leaves and rootlets. Printed in brown, black and green on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178358

Accession Number: 2000.360

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery paper of alternating vignettes. Three figures in a ruin in front of a collonade with Gothic arch and scene of soldiers firing rifles. Printed in brown, raw umber, tand and light peach on a white ground. Drop match. End of roll.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178359

Accession Number: 2000.362

Wallpaper

Fragments. Framed scenes of rustic village and view of pyramids separated by interlaced strapwork. Printed in brown, raw umber, white, tan and green on a beige ground.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178360

Accession Number: 2000.363

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