Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Bifurcated daisy motif above a bead and reel border. Cut along scalloped edge. Printed in yellow, peach, ochre and maroon on an olive green ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176541

Accession Number: 1985.26.732

Unused sample. Asymmetrical design of rondels, quatrefoils, geometric patterns and floral motifs separating a field of irises, bamboo and water lilies. Printed in maroon and metallic gold, pink and blue on a green embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176542

Accession Number: 1985.26.733

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, scrolling vine or foliage with flowers, berries and upright heraldic lion flanking a crowned coat-of-arms. Printed in brown, black, beige on a blue field and amber ground. Over printed with black pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176543

Accession Number: 1985.26.734

Wallpaper

Allover pattern of geometric animal and abstract forms in a suggested Indian or Aztec style. Printed in metallic gold on embossed brown ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176544

Accession Number: 1985.26.735

Wallpaper

Allover design of stylized flowers and foliage in metallic gold and black on a rust field on embossed, olive ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176545

Accession Number: 1985.26.736

Wallpaper

Embossed design of large peony and phlox blossoms on a scrolling foliate vine. Printed on an embossed field of repeating stylized flowers. Printed in two shades olive, pale green, cream, metallic gold, and blue on a grey liquid mica ground. Drop match.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176546

Accession Number: 1985.26.737

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Green floral stripe. Exotic blossoming flower on a berried stem and draped by a garland alternating with a stripe of floral sprigs. Printed in two greens and metallic gold on a polished white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1905

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176547

Accession Number: 1985.26.738

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeated roses, bachelor buttons and bell flowers entwined by a blue scrolled motif on a field of metallic gold grosgrain stripes. Printed in maroon, two pinks, yellow, blue, two greens and metallic gold on ungrounded embossed paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176548

Accession Number: 1985.26.739

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by repeating scrolled foliate motifs reverse printed in green on a field of pin dots and wavy parallel lines on ingrained paper. Drop match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176549

Accession Number: 1985.26.74

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover pattern of densely arranged, small-scale sprays of bachelor buttons, roses and statis. Printed in two blues, pink, brown, two tans and grey on ivory ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176550

Accession Number: 1985.26.740

Wallpaper

Allover floral design of large, stylized flowers and apple or cherry blossoming boughs. Printed in two browns, rust, pink, and metallic gold on unground paper and over printed with small black pin-dots. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176551

Accession Number: 1985.26.741

Wallpaper

Imitation needlework design of ogee-shaped trellis entwined with scrolling acanthus leaves, grapes, pineapples, and berries. Printed in two browns, two blues, and two greens and overprinted with black dots and diagonal lines on unground brown paper.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176552

Accession Number: 1985.26.742

Wallpaper

Imitation tapestry on textile design of allover, stylized flowers and scrolling foliage. Printed in brown, two greys, and cream on a taupe, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176553

Accession Number: 1985.26.743

Wallpaper

Allover floral brocade with densely arranged flowers and foliage. Printed in brown, burnt umber, taupe, tan, and metallic gold on beige, embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176554

Accession Number: 1985.26.744

Wallpaper

Allover pattern of interlocking octagons framing sunflower-like stylized flower. Printed in brown, tan, and grey on an ivory ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176555

Accession Number: 1985.26.745

Wallpaper

Allover floral pattern of mums, phlox, and wheat printed in two blues, tan, and yellow on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176556

Accession Number: 1985.26.746

Wallpaper

Allover design of ivory wild roses, berries, and blossoms on unground paper coated with transparent liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176557

Accession Number: 1985.26.747

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Lush meandering vine with stylized flowers and perched birds. Printed in brown, olive, rust, pale green, salmon, ochre and blue on a buff, varnished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176558

Accession Number: 1985.26.748

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of uncut borders. Overlapping amorphous "shell" or ripple design bordered above and below by continuous cable band. Printed in metallic gold, pink, tan, blue and rust on a light pink, embossed ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176559

Accession Number: 1985.26.749

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Trailing floral vine with poppies, carnations, roses, snapdragons and wheat. Printed in three olive greens, rose, lavender, two browns, tan, yellow, salmon and metallic silver on a beige, embossed ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176560

Accession Number: 1985.26.750

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Densely arranged floral design of peonies, trumpet-shaped flowers and berries. Printed in pink turquoise, blue, maroon, brown, and tan on a metallic gold field and embossed olive ground. Straight match.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176561

Accession Number: 1985.26.751

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Foliate design of leafy tree boughs with birds and bee. Printed in 14 muted colors of blues, browns, tans, greys and greens on a grey ground. Drop match.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176562

Accession Number: 1985.26.752

Wallpaper

Floral paper. Prints in pink, white, and gold on green ground, pebble-textured paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176563

Accession Number: 1985.26.753

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scrolling floral patterned paper. Prints in light blue, pink, green, brown, yellow, gold and copper on woven textured, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176564

Accession Number: 1985.26.754

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern consists of alternating sprig bouquet with bouquet of daisy-like flowers with large leaves. Prints in lilac, lavender, two greys, gold on light blue-gray ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176365

Accession Number: 1985.26.492

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper. Small bouquets of roses, forget-me-nots, and Queen Anne's lace make up central motif. Printed in pink, red, lavender, purple, blue, yellow, two greens, two greys on dark grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176366

Accession Number: 1985.26.493

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale strapwork of scrolled foliage. Printed in ochre, three browns on red ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176367

Accession Number: 1985.26.494

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized floral and scrolled foliage design. Printed in blue-green and white on greyish-brown ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176368

Accession Number: 1985.26.495

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scrolled foliate design over scale or fan motif background. Prints in two reds, metallic gold, green on white ground. Overprints with thin, vertical, metallic gold lines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176369

Accession Number: 1985.26.497

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Stylized floral and leaf pattern; edged with floral guilloche and dentil motif. Prints in three reds, two browns, metallic gold, blue and grey on white ground. Pebble textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176370

Accession Number: 1985.26.498

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Floral pattern of peonies and forget-me-nots, edged with bands of stylized flowers. Prints in three reds, pink, cream, metallic gold, blue, ochre, light green, beige on bue-green ground. Rib-textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176371

Accession Number: 1985.26.499

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by metallic gold foliate circles alternating with tan leaves. Printed on an embossed, red ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176372

Accession Number: 1985.26.50

Wallpaper

Incomplete width. Stylized floral bouquet surrounded by arabesques. Printed in pink, red, and white on a grey-lavender ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176373

Accession Number: 1985.26.500

Wallpaper

Large-scale diaper pattern formed by strapwork and framing stylized flowers and scrolls. Printed in two browns and orange on a taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176374

Accession Number: 1985.26.502

Wallpaper

Grid of stylized foliate and pendant motif. Printed in rust, taupe, tan, and green on a field of pink dashes and pink, embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176375

Accession Number: 1985.26.503

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale spider chrysanthemum blossoms on a trailing vine. Printed in cream, peach, tan and light brown on a brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176376

Accession Number: 1985.26.504

Wallpaper

Grid of stylized floral sprigs. Printed in red, blue, green, and brown on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176377

Accession Number: 1985.26.505

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of roses and carnations ornamented by arabesque and delicate garlands. Printed in pink, rust, two greens, blue and grey on embossed, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176378

Accession Number: 1985.26.506

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Center stripe of rose wreaths with alternating designs of flower basket and bow-knotted posey and flanked by a ribbon and leaf stripe. Printed in rose, two pinks, two lavenders, three blues, three greens, white, and ivory on a blue liquid mica, embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176379

Accession Number: 1985.26.508

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of scenic paper, possibly lagoon or swamp. Foreground consists of myriad of foliage and flowers, including roses, behind which is water, water lilies, dragonfly, reeds, and trees. Printed in two greens, ten browns, red, pink, and grey on light grey ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176380

Accession Number: 1985.26.509

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper featuring chrysanthemums and daisies. Printed in red, two pinks, white, two greens, and purple/grey on grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176381

Accession Number: 1985.26.510

Wallpaper

Unused sample of interlaced circular knots. Printed in embossed metallic gold, yellow, copper(?) and black on reddish-brown, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176382

Accession Number: 1985.26.511

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral pattern of chrysanthemums, scrolling leaves, and lace. Printed in grey, white, ochre, and light red on dark red ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176383

Accession Number: 1985.26.512

Wallpaper

Medieval style paper with metallic gold, double crosses alternating with stylized heraldic element also in metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176384

Accession Number: 1985.26.513

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral patterned paper with scrolling leaves set atop ribbon-striped background. Printed in two browns, two greens, white and metallic ground on light green ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176385

Accession Number: 1985.26.514

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of alternating large and small sizes of stylized iris or lily. Printed in red, dark olive, metallic gold and white on tan, chevron-embossed ungrounded paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176386

Accession Number: 1985.26.516

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Pattern consists of stylized scroll and crown-shaped motif. Printed in green and black on olive, pebbled textured, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176387

Accession Number: 1985.26.517

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border, kilim-style pattern. Printed in red, mustard yellow, light yellow, blue, light green, dark green and black on ochre ground. Overprinted with black pin dots.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176388

Accession Number: 1985.26.518

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Pattern consists of roses and curving leaf, buds, and beads. Edged with cabling. Printed in pink, brown, metallic copper, metallic gold, and light green on darker green mica ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176389

Accession Number: 1985.26.519

Wallpaper

Unused sample of imitation tapestry paper. Floral design of poppies in red, pink, yellow, three greens, and bluish-grey on olive ground. Overprinted with black screen.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176390

Accession Number: 1985.26.520

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