Historic New England

Wallpaper

Sheet of paper with two wallpaper fragments and one fabric fragment affixed. Top wallpaper fragment (A) is a grasscloth, or natural color loosely woven mat. Below is a fragment of flora wallpaper (B) with roller printed pink rose, blue morning glories and green foliage on light gray ground. A sma...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103473

Accession Number: 1992.59A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, vertical green, yellow and brown stripes with a brown and yellow rose and leaves.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103474

Accession Number: 1992.60

Textile Samples

Three canvas fragments in deep purple, gold and black.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103475

Accession Number: 1992.61A-C

Textile Sample

Small textile fragment of glazed printed cotton with an abstract brown repeating flower design on a cream background.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103476

Accession Number: 1992.62

Wallpaper

Wallpaper and textile fragments affixed to both sides of a piece of paper, possibly a scrapbook or reference book page. (A) is a wallpaper fragment with Chinoiserie pattern printed in grays and browns on faux textured background. (B) and (C) are blue textile samples. (D) is a sample of wood grain...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103477

Accession Number: 1992.63A-I

Textile Sample

Small piece of woven cotton with blue, tan and green floral pattern.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103478

Accession Number: 1992.64

Unused Wallpaper Frieze

Unused frieze. Black flocked stripes alternating with embossed gold stripes.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103479

Accession Number: 2008.6.1

Wallpaper

Unused frieze sample. Two bands of dogs with surround of foliate scrolls, above and below feature simple bands of geometric ornament. Printed in blue and green on green ground.

Date: 1875

Maker: Burges, William (Designer) James Shoolbred & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103480

Accession Number: 2008.6.2

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large-scale, floral pattern with scrolling foliage and swags printed to look like cut velvet. Printed in maroon on a crimson, polished ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103481

Accession Number: 2008.6.3

Unused Wallpaper Border Fragment

Unused border fragment. Large flowers with foliage over a stylized chain pattern, beaded border above, egg and dart border below. Printed in three pinks, three greens and gold on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103482

Accession Number: 2008.6.4

Unused Wallpaper Border Fragment

Unused border fragment. Flocked chain of flowers and leaves with a flocked egg and dart border above and flocked stripes below. Printed in three blues, two greens, white, orange, pink, burnt orange, black and maroon on a gold ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103483

Accession Number: 2008.6.5

Unused Wallpaper Fragment

Unused wallpaper fragment. Ashlar pattern of panels with canted corners and marble centers with vertical striped ground. Printed in brown and tan over a cream polished ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103484

Accession Number: 2008.6.6

Unused Wallpaper Fragment

Unused fragment. Diagonal lines of white daisies with black centers on a gold ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103485

Accession Number: 2008.6.7

Unused Wallpaper Fragment

Unused marble paper fragment printed in white, light brown and green-blue on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103486

Accession Number: 2008.6.8

Unused Wallpaper Fragment

Unused wallpaper fragment. Wide band of large mixed bouquets of flowers over a twig and leaf pattern alternating with lines of white and gold and dashes and a smaller band with a chain of flowers. Printed in white, grey, tan and gold on a white ground with a wavy textured pattern.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103487

Accession Number: 2008.6.9

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Baroque style pattern of leaves, berries, flowers and cornucopias. Printed in white and tan on a peach ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103488

Accession Number: 2008.6.10

Unused Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border. Chain of leaf bunches and flowers on a ivy and dot pattern ground. Printed in three blues, three greens and three golds.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103489

Accession Number: 2008.6.11

Unused Wallpaper Border

Unused border sample. Border imitating cloth gathered at two points, decorated with sprays of leaves with small flower buds. Printed in three pinks, aqua black and blue.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103490

Accession Number: 2008.6.12

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Stylized pomegranate branches surrounded by stylized bunches of olive leaves with olives. Printed in two greens, red, orange and maroon on a embossed gold ground.

Date: 1888-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103491

Accession Number: 2008.6.13

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Daisies interspersed among overlapping leaves. Printed in white, two grays, dark yellow gold and four blues.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103492

Accession Number: 2008.6.14

Unused wallpaper fragment

Unused sample. Large scale stylized flower surrounded by stylized leaves and flower buds. Printed in olive, two greens and gold on a crimson flocked background.

Date: ca. 1893

Maker: Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley (Designer) Jeffrey & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103493

Accession Number: 2008.6.15

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Sprays of roses with stems and leaves tied together with scrolling green ribbons. Printed in two pinks, red, maroon and three greens on a white ground with white ground with textured damask pattern.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103494

Accession Number: 2008.6.16

Wallpaper Fragment

Unused sample. Scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and bell-flower chains surrounding a central urn holding a bouquet of flowers. Printed in two pinks, two blues, two greens, two browns, and mauve on a tan ground with horizontal dark stripes to imitate a textile.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103495

Accession Number: 2008.6.17

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large-scale sprays of pink flowers with leaves and scrolling vines. Printed in two pinks, mauve, maroon, and three greens on white polished ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103496

Accession Number: 2008.6.18

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large-scale sprays of roses with stems and leaves. Printed in three pinks, mauve, maroon, and three greens on white polished ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103497

Accession Number: 2008.6.19

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Diaper pattern composed interconnected jagged edge squares. Printed in violet and grey on a polished white ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103498

Accession Number: 2008.6.20

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large-scale, baroque, floral pattern with scrolling foliage and berries printed to look like cut velvet. Printed in two shades of crimson on a red ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103499

Accession Number: 2008.6.21

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper composed of 3 vertical rows of squares with checkerboard pattern. There are three pattern variations for each row: stylized foliate and striped block; angular 's' shape; and striped block and zig-zag shape and striped block. Squares are separated by a meader-like design. Prin...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177707

Accession Number: 1966.469.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figures. Pastoral scene of shepherd boy playing a horn in the company of a boy and a girl. Scene alternates vertically with morning glory sprig. Printed in pink, white and varnish green on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177708

Accession Number: 1929.788

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe constising of solid narrow stripes alternating with broader stripes bearing overall repeats of tiny ovals on which is superimposed floral sprigs. White, two greens, pink on an unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177709

Accession Number: 1971.212.2

Wallpaper

Fragments too small for certainty. There appears to be a vertical striped element. White, tan and block printed on a brown ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177710

Accession Number: 1971.212.3

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe; stripes imitate woodgraining, narrow- dark and broad- lighter. Orange, brown, dark brown printed on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177711

Accession Number: 1971.212.4

Wallpaper

Appears to be a transfer of pattern 1971.212.6 onto a paper inserted between layers 4 and 6. Not a decorative paper on its own.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177712

Accession Number: 1971.212.5

Wallpaper

Overall floral pattern. Elements are stylized frequently using a net design as fill. Yellow, black, red and grey-green on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177713

Accession Number: 1971.212.6

Wallpaper

Fragment too small for certainty; a vertical element consisting of horizontal stripes. Red, white and green printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177714

Accession Number: 1971.212.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral trail design of poppies. Prints in two blues on white ground.

Date: 1940-1948

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177715

Accession Number: 2000.1421

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized floral scrolls printed in maroon and beige surrounded by a field of maroon pin-dots on unground or ivory paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177716

Accession Number: 1971.60.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revivial stripe. Suggestion of strapwork and foliate scroll. Printed in maroon, blue and white on light blue, ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177717

Accession Number: 1971.60.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Plaid design with floral centers. Printed in two greens, red, pink and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177718

Accession Number: 2000.667

Wallpaper

Used fragment of wallpaper border. Pattern consists of feather and rosette edged with swag motif. Prints in lavender, blue, green, grey, white and black on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177719

Accession Number: 1967.125.2AB

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fagments. [A] Neoclassical figural medallion. Female figure with basket of flowers and billowing mantle in two pinks, rose and white, surrounded by floral wreath in two greens and two blues. Drop repeat. [B] Border. Floral stripe pattern. Block printed in brown, two pinks, and white on...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177720

Accession Number: 1935.838AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of Aesthetic-style paper consisting of an allover pattern of meandering flower and vines, including chrysanthemums. Printed in olive green, dark red, light blue, cream, yellow and black on a beige/green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177721

Accession Number: 2000.1667

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover design of palms and foliage. Printed in crimson and yellow on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177722

Accession Number: 2000.669

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of allover floral paper, consisting of rosebuds, roses and leaves. Printed in two reds, ochre, cream, green, grey and black on lighter grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177723

Accession Number: 2000.1668

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of vignettes of various fruits set within guilloche frame or platter, over diapered ground. Printed in light and dark brown, white and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177724

Accession Number: 1967.123

Bandbox

Rectangular pasteboard box without a lid. Covered in a French, striped paper. Alternating green and white stripes are embellished with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177725

Accession Number: 1966.138

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Border of swagged window-paned, checked drapery in chartruse with a garland of pink daisies and tan cable trim along the bottom edge. Printed on a blue, diapered field.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177726

Accession Number: 1922.16

Bandbox

Large rectangular box. Covered in wallpaper wtih a plaid design with floral centers. Printed in two greens, red, pink and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177727

Accession Number: 1934.2944AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure design. Grisaille cartouches framing vignettes of ship in harbor and train station. Vignettes block printed in orange, three greys, black, white, and blue on white satin ground. Background of vignettes printed in irisé in blues and pinks.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177728

Accession Number: 1978.131

Wallpaper

Three used wallpaper fragments of landscape figure paper. Pastoral scene shows sheperdess seated next to basket of flowers. Printed in three greens, two grays, brown, black on light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177729

Accession Number: 2000.1665

Search Collections

Displaying: 203651 - 203700 of 219,006