Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral and gingham stripe. Blue gingham stripe alternating with pinstripe band with purple and blue flowers on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177903

Accession Number: 1965.5.11

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Wide stripe of white spirals flanked by blue and red floral stripe. Printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177904

Accession Number: 1965.5.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Red and orange rosebud stripe alternating with narrow black stripe bordered by white circles on light blue ground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177905

Accession Number: 1965.5.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Overall floral pattern of red and gold flowers with tan stems and leaves on white ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177906

Accession Number: 1965.5.14

Wallpaper border

Wallpaper border fragment. Floral stripe, petals overprinted on narrow band of losenges and dots. Printed in red, purple, yellow and green.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177907

Accession Number: 1965.5.14b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scrolls and flowers in the Reveillon manner. Printed in gold, white and burgundy.

Date: 1889-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177908

Accession Number: 1965.5.15

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Red and white roses with green leaves on a tan and yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177909

Accession Number: 1965.5.15b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized flower (sunflower?) printed in gold within diaper pattern formed by intersecting chains and four-petaled flowers in yellow, accented with metallic white on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177910

Accession Number: 1965.5.16

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over flower heads (daisies?) printed in blue and white with pink C-scrolls.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177911

Accession Number: 1965.5.17

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Baroque medallion framed by scrolls. Medallion center is stylized torch in maroon on green surrounded by white beading. Ground is grey with white pin dots.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177912

Accession Number: 1965.5.18

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blue and white tile design with faux crackle finish. Squares with blue stylized quatrefoils on tan paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177913

Accession Number: 1965.5.19

Wallpaper border

Wallpaper fragment. Border. Blue and white tile pattern. Squares and diamonds enclosing stylized quatrefoils on grey ground with white dots.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177914

Accession Number: 1965.5.19b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized flowers in a diaper or knot pattern. Printed in sienna on bright yellow ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177915

Accession Number: 1965.5.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Arts and Crafts rose and stripe paper on striped ground. Printed in red, pink, green, tan and yellow.

Date: 1910-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177916

Accession Number: 1965.5.20

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diamond pattern of three-dimensional stepped pyramid with bull's eye at each intersection. Printed in brown and white on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177917

Accession Number: 1965.5.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover floral pattern printed in yellow on beige ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177918

Accession Number: 1965.5.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover foliate vine. Printed in pale blue on white ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177919

Accession Number: 1965.5.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival stripe. Grey stripe and strapwork with maroon and green floral elements on white ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177920

Accession Number: 1965.5.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern. Alternating stripes of green and red bordering wide stripe of horizontal grey lines edged with interlace. Printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177921

Accession Number: 1965.5.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Tan and grey striped wallpaper with maroon dots on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177922

Accession Number: 1965.5.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric pattern of squares with blue solid grid alternating with blue stylized patera on yellow ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Grant, Charles (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177923

Accession Number: 1985.5.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped wallpaper. Allover spirals bordered by vertical stripes of dots and dashes with red center flowers running down the center. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177924

Accession Number: 1965.6.6-.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral design printed in green on light blue ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177925

Accession Number: 1965.6.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Interlocking squares printed in black and white on grey ground. Block height 10 5/8", selvedge in center of sample.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177926

Accession Number: 1965.6.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral with vine printed in grey on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177927

Accession Number: 1965.6.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rococo scroll work in blue, red and white on tan, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177928

Accession Number: 1965.6.5

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Black, white and orange intertwining ribbon.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177929

Accession Number: 1965.5.1b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with stylized floral elements printed in white on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177930

Accession Number: 1965.5.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic style paper depicting interior or cathedral. Printed in dark and light greys and white on tan ground. Repeat undetermined.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177931

Accession Number: 1965.8

Wallpaper

Floral border fragments. Repeating clusters of three green flower blossoms ith grisaille leaves on an orange field. Bordered above and below by yellow and black stripes. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177932

Accession Number: 1981.286ab

Wallpaper

Fragments. Repeating pairs of green palm fronds on a field of grey palms and simple leaf vines. Printed on a beige ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177933

Accession Number: 1981.285A-C

Wallpaper

Arts and Crafts stylized, floral motif printed in red, green, and gold on embossed gilt ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177934

Accession Number: 1976.470

Wallpaper

Fragment. Yellow geometric Arts and Crafts design. Paper has been painted blue with only a small portion of original color showing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177935

Accession Number: 1976.471

Wallpaper

Fragment of embossed foliate damask design in irridescent metallic green-gold color. Embossed lines are perpendicular so that pattern appears to shimmer.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177936

Accession Number: 1976.469.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of small floral pattern embossed to look like a woven damask. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177937

Accession Number: 1976.469.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alternating grey and white, liquid mica stripes. Pattern has the appearance of being embossed. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177938

Accession Number: 1976.472

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover floral and foliate pattern. Branches of flowers. In between are pindots, small curls and small flowers. Printed in gold, white, red and grey on an unground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177939

Accession Number: 1969.337.7A

Wallpaper

Allover floral paper. Green printed on unground. One block pattern.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177940

Accession Number: 1968.32.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped design of ochre dots and dashes bordered by continuous, simple vine in red on a yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177941

Accession Number: 2000.389.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diagonally repeating rosettes alternating with circular, floral medallions enclosed by beading. Printed in red and pink on ochre ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177942

Accession Number: 2000.389.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral and leaf design in two pinks, white and green on green ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177943

Accession Number: 2000.389.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Continuous vertical stripe of laurel (?) leaves in pink, white and red, bordered by simple foliate vine in white, grey and green on a pink ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177944

Accession Number: 2000.389.3

Fragment. A piece of Tynecastle paper, a sized canvas hand-pressed into wooden molds, has small, overall, floral pattern with foliated scrolls. Half is colored in red, green and brown and then gilded. The top is uncolored.

Date: 1874-1920

Maker: Morton, W. Scott (Designer) Tynecastle Tapestry (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179374

Accession Number: 1965.139

Wallpaper on plaster

Ashlar pattern of blocks with foliate in center and framed by interlace in the corners. Printed in green, brown and dark tan on a light tan ground. Hung on plaster.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 179375

Accession Number: 2000.1652

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Alternating shell and feather motifs on a sprig background below a horizontal row of stylized flowers. Printed in green, white, black, ochre and pink.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179376

Accession Number: 2000.404

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating grid of artichoke element framed by serpentine, flowering vine and strapwork composed of continuous honeysuckle vine. Printed in two blues and two greens. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1909

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179377

Accession Number: 1998.5853

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Alternating grey and green climbing ivy against a field of grey pinstripes.

Date: 1900-1909

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179378

Accession Number: 1998.5850

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large-scale, meandering, woody vine sprouting stylized blossoms. Printed in red, rose, pink, two lavenders, three greens, two blues, yellow, two browns, tan and white. Drop match.

Date: 1900-1909

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179379

Accession Number: 1998.5851