Historic New England

Wallpaper Sample Book

Sample book of reproduction wallpapers from 1750-1850 based on the papers in the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Produced by wallpaper manufacturer Brunschwig & Fils, Inc., New York.

Date: 1983

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 304642

Accession Number: 1995.16.1

Wallpaper Collection Promotional Packet

Wallpaper and fabric collection promotional packet (a) containing text (a and c), a reproduction wallpaper sample (b), and product photographs (d-i). Produced by Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. for "The Musee Des Arts Decoratifs" collection.

Date: 1983

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 304643

Accession Number: 1995.16.2A-I

Wallpaper Sample Book

Sample book of reproductions and adaptations of historic fabrics, wallpapers and wallpaper borders. Produced by Thibaut in association with the National Preservation Institute, Washington, DC.

Date: 1980-1990

Maker: Thibaut (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cloth

GUSN: 304644

Accession Number: 1995.22

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304653

Accession Number: 1947.64.13

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304654

Accession Number: 1947.64.14

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304655

Accession Number: 1947.64.15

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304656

Accession Number: 1947.64.16

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304657

Accession Number: 1947.64.17

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304658

Accession Number: 1947.64.18

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304659

Accession Number: 1947.64.19

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304660

Accession Number: 1947.64.20

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304661

Accession Number: 1947.64.21

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Porcelain teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Foliate, vine, and grape design.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware

GUSN: 304663

Accession Number: 1947.64.22

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304668

Accession Number: 1948.12.6

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304669

Accession Number: 1948.12.7

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304670

Accession Number: 1948.12.8

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304671

Accession Number: 1948.12.9

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304672

Accession Number: 1948.12.10

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304673

Accession Number: 1948.12.11

Teacup

One of a set of thirteen. Porcelain footed teacup with pink lustre on a white body. Floral and foliate motif. Orange enameled flowers with superimposed paint. Centrally adorned lustre leaf on the interior base.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304674

Accession Number: 1948.12.12

Cooler

White porcelain hand-painted cooler with bands of deep pink around the base and the rim with lilacs on one side and strawberries adorn the other side. Deep pink molded scroll-shaped handles. Part of a twenty-one piece partial dessert set.

Date: 1839-1854

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 304839

Accession Number: 1980.381.2

Sugar Bowl

Earthenware sugar bowl and lidwith white body and hand-painted polychrome swag and tassel decoration. Square applied handles. Partial tea service, nineteen pieces includes tea and coffee cups, six saucers, two plates, a cream pitcher, waste bowl, and teapot.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: hand-painted, earthenware

GUSN: 304854

Accession Number: 1947.799.2AB

Cream Pitcher

Earthenware cream pitcher with white body and hand-painted polychrome and tassel decoration. Pointed scroll handle. Partial tea service, nineteen pieces includes tea and coffee cups, six saucers, two plates, a sugar bowl, waste bowl, and a teapot.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304855

Accession Number: 1947.799.3

Coffee Cup

Footed earthenware coffee cup with white body and applied ear-shaped handle with hand-painted polychrome swag and tassel decoration. Handle is square with vertical ridge extending above the square. Partial tea service, nineteen pieces includes tea and coffee cups, six saucers, creamer, a sugar bowl,...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304856

Accession Number: 1947.799.8

Waste Bowl

Earthenware footed waste bowl with white body and hand-painted polychrome swag and tassel decoration. Partial tea service, nineteen pieces includes tea and coffee cups, six saucers, two plates, a sugar bowl, and a teapot.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 304857

Accession Number: 1947.799.4

Bandbox

Bandbox with lid. Scene of Holt's New Hotel in New York City which changed its name to United States Hotel in 1839. The hotel forms an allignment on three streets: Water, Pearl and Fulton; occupying the entire block. There is a scene of a porter wheeling baggage to a horse-drawn dray and at the end ...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179407

Accession Number: 1956.66AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pillar and Arch design. View through an arch and collonade of a church spire, which some believe is one by Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe it is the Old North Church, Boston, MA. Printed in two browns and tan.

Date: 1906-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179408

Accession Number: 1916.16

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape scenery paper consisting of hunting scenes; two hunters standing amidst trees, two hunters crouching and shooting rifles, hound cornering fox; deer running. Prints in two greens, black, white on grey ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: H. Scott Richmond & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179409

Accession Number: 1916.15

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Rosebuds set within scrolled, foliate cartouche; diamond and ribbon stiped background with coorinated border. Prints in green, maroon, grey, ochre on beige ground. Paper is second layer. First layer is still attached and visible at edge of fragments (see first layer 1994.117.1A-...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: York Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179410

Accession Number: 1994.117.2A-C

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments. Allover "granite" pattern. Printed in white, grey, red, pink mica on ungrounded paper. This is the first layer of wallpaper and is still attached to upper layer (1994.117.2A-C)

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179411

Accession Number: 1994.117.1A-C

Wallpaper

Fragments. Striped pattern with stylized flowers within the narrow stripe and horizontal dashes and dots within the broad stripe. This could be part of a landscape figure paper, but there are no figures represented on either fragment. Printed in dark blue, orange and white on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179412

Accession Number: 2001.258

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate pattern with pinstripse for shading and dots for berries. Printed in red-brown on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179413

Accession Number: 2000.2217

Pamphlet

Landscape figure pattern featuring a grazing cow and sheep framed by stylized foliage, chevrons and sprigs. Printed in two pinks white and varnish green on yellow-ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179414

Accession Number: 1920.499

School Book Cover

Fragment. Pattern of a stylized vine with a vertical stripe of chevrons on the side and a floral medallion with sprigs in a column. Printed in orange-brown on a beige ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179415

Accession Number: 1985.647

Bandbox

Small, oval, wooden bandbox with lid covered with floral borders. Borders have a dense pattern of roses and foliage, with a band of acanthus leaves and scrolls. Printed in white, grey, two greens, yellow, orange and red on a light pink ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179417

Accession Number: 1928.743

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox without lid and covered in diaper patterned paper with alternating between sprigs and interlaced medallion inside each lozenge. Printed in red and blue on an ungrounded paper. At the base of the box is a narrow stripe of another diaper patterned paper in white, gray and green...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179418

Accession Number: 1918.1089

Bandbox

Large, oval, pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Paper depicts a scene of birds perched on thick tree branches with flowers and butterflies. Block printed in two pinks, white and green on a blue ground.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179419

Accession Number: 1930.1679AB

Bandbox

Very small, trunk-like, wooden box covered in paper with a pattern of borders. Vertical borders have a circle and star/flower design. Printed in black and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179420

Accession Number: 1965.74

Bandbox

Oblong, pasteboard bandbox (A) or bonnet box with lid (B) covered in Landscape figure paper. Scene depicts a woman on her knees milking a goat and a boy feeding a sheep. They are framed by trees and stripes of pindots, stylized vines, overlapping circles and diaper pattern. On the lid is a scene of ...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179421

Accession Number: 1936.532AB

Domed trunk

Small wooden trunk from Massachusetts covered in wallpapers. The body of the trunk is covered with a festoon border pattern. Floral festoons and smaller festoons of cord and tassels hang from arches decorated with dots, medallions and fringe on a background of white pindots. Block printed in green, ...

Date: 1790-1815

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179422

Accession Number: 1920.42

Bandbox

Square, pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B). Paper pattern is very architectural. Appears to be a detailed pattern of a building with arches, column, capitals, windows. Appears to be Renaissance Revival in style. Printed in orange, dark gray, gray on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179424

Accession Number: 1918.799AB

Bandbox

Thin, oval, pasteboard bandbox. Paper has a geometric pattern with dots creating a diaper pattern and stylized, scrolling foliage. Printed in white on a blue ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179425

Accession Number: 1938.1204AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll printed with imitation carved moulding, composed of scrolled foliage and dropped pendant-like motif. Printed in white, brown, two greys on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179441

Accession Number: 1995.540

Wallpaper

Unused rolls of four borders. Imitation carved moulding. Prints in white, two greys on light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1890

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

GUSN: 179442

Accession Number: 1995.541

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern composed of alternating panels of imitation woodgrain. Prints in two browns, black on tan ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179443

Accession Number: 1995.549

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls. Geometric pattern of interlacing lines and circles inset with leaves and snowflake-like leaf. Prints in whie on grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179444

Accession Number: 1995.547

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Imitation moulding composed of stylized egg & dart and drop pendant. Prints in two browns, white, yellow on ochre ground.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179445

Accession Number: 1995.543

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Geometric pattern composed of fretwork intertwined with vine and stylized flower/rosette. Prints in white and tan on beige ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179446

Accession Number: 1995.546

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls of three borders (one is crown border: printed width 9"). Pattern composed of interlacing surrounded by arabesques, scrolled foliage and plant forms. Prints in red, grey, black on cream glazed ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179447

Accession Number: 1995.544

Wallpaper

Unused roll of five different borders. Pattern composed of various architectural components. Prints in black, four greys, cream on white, polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179448

Accession Number: 1995.542

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