Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Stripes formed by continuous rows of tan chains enclosing star-like elements and red dotted diamonds. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178595

Accession Number: 1982.270

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertically repeating rows of rose stems with blue blossoms on geometrically patterned field which suggests lace or needlework. Printed in three blues, maroon, tan and white. Drop match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178596

Accession Number: 1982.269

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertical green stripes with pink, stylized flower and stylized leaf. Printed against an imitation burlap field. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178597

Accession Number: 1982.272

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large-scale cartouches with diapered fill are framed by scrolls and ornamented with rose garlands. Printed in red, green and tan.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178598

Accession Number: 1982.266

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Cartouches framing alternating scenes of a castle and of two horses pulling a wagon with many peasants. Printed in two shades of grey, two browns and white.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178599

Accession Number: 1982.268

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of scrolling acanthus leaves infilled with beading and connected by strapwork. Printed in yellow, ochre, tan and light olive green.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178600

Accession Number: 1982.271

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern formed by central tan losenges surrounded by crossed lines of stylized vines and foliated quatrefoils at the intersections. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178601

Accession Number: 1982.273

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of entwined climbing roses and morning glory vines. Printed in two browns. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178602

Accession Number: 1982.274

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border composed of daisy blossoms in peach, brown, tan and metallic gold over a white Greek key on a grey field and printed below brown, three-lobed, foliate forms on dark brown flock.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178603

Accession Number: 1982.275

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Vertical bands of cable, beading and guilloche in white with red sprig.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178604

Accession Number: 1930.1749

Wallpaper

Fragment. Gothic architecture with framed views; one of a town, the second of four figures in conversation. Printed in two greens, grey and white on green ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178605

Accession Number: 1923.544

Long, oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Papered with an allover foliate pattern with black pindot stems. On lid is also allover, small, stylized leaves palmette in form and outlines in small pindots, connected to each other by thin stems. Printed in black, white, and green on a green ground. Bottom pap...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pasteboard (paper)

GUSN: 178606

Accession Number: 1931.66.5AB

Wallpaper

Large flowers against dense leaves. Gray, two greens, yellow and white printed on reddish brown ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178607

Accession Number: 1917.159B

Wallpaper

Large scale floral, two greens, red, yellow printed on green-white.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178608

Accession Number: 1917.159

Wallpaper

Overall embossed pattern on ungrounded paper with liquid mica. Pattern appears to be fountains and flowers.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178609

Accession Number: 1985.762.1

Wallpaper

Cartouche made of C-scrolls and S-scrolls. Bouquets of roses and floral vines in red, two pinks, two greens, white on a tan ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178610

Accession Number: 1985.762.2

Wallpaper

11 fragments. Tan and dark brown printed on a brown ground. The fragments show scrolls, bellflowers and beads as decorative elements.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178611

Accession Number: 1985.763

Wallpaper

Flowers, stylized leaves, strings of beads in the background. Medallions with bouquets in foreground. Red, peach, pink, brown, metallic, white on a light brown ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178612

Accession Number: 1985.764

Wallpaper

Fragment. Section of landscape figures. Lovers in medieval dress before a priest. Appears to be marriage scene. Possibly Romeo, Juliet and Fra Laurence.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178613

Accession Number: 1955.224

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gothic octagonal tower ornamented with scrolls and flanked by pater stripe. Printed in brown, blue and white on a beige ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178614

Accession Number: 1955.225A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical gothic column in the center with lancets, trefoils, acroteria and acanthus leaves that spring out from the seeds. Willowy sprigs frame the column. Honeycomb pattern in the background. Vertical column of rosettes and openwork form side stripes. Brown, blue and white ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178615

Accession Number: 1955.225

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille vignette of bird feeding chicks in a nest. Alternates vertically with scene of huntsman (1920.471A).

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178616

Accession Number: 1920.471C

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper border fragments. Grisaille leaf molding with realistic pineapple. Grisaille body with these green leaves sprouting from top and bottom of fruit.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178617

Accession Number: 1920.471D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical bamboo pole "wrapped" with stylized leaf ring. Printed in black and yellow on blue ground. Ground originally green. See 1920.471F for green fragments of same border.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178618

Accession Number: 1920.471E

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical bamboo pole "wrapped" with stylized leaf ring. Printed in black and yellow on green ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178619

Accession Number: 1920.471F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Landscape scenes. Grisaille vignette of mounted huntsman aiming at buck. Scene alternates with vignette of bird feeding chicks in a nest (1920.471C) Catalogued separately.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178620

Accession Number: 1920.471A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Large scale stiff leaf in grisaille and bordered by narrow black, gray and white stripes.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178621

Accession Number: 1920.471D.B

Newspaper Fragment

Fragment of newspaper found pasted to top of 1971.175.1

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178622

Accession Number: 1971.175.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover green floral with red delicate linear silhouettes. Printed on white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178623

Accession Number: 1971.175.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Composite of newspaper between two different wallpapers. Outer layer in green and white floral? or foliage. Too small to determine pattern design.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178624

Accession Number: 1971.175.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Brown foliage over grey scrollwork. Printed on white ground. Has attached newspaper fragment.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178625

Accession Number: 1971.175.5

Wallpaper

Small ashlar blocks separated horizontally by leaves. A carved floral element is centered on raised panel faces. Printed in white and red on unground paper.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178626

Accession Number: 1971.175.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Festoon of flowers and foliage on a field of white foliate scrolls and lobed arabesues. Printed in orange, green and white on blue ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178627

Accession Number: 1988.69

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover background pattern of flowers made of dots and dashes in vertical columns. Medallion with circles in center. Lots of linear and geometric elements. Three greens and white on ungound paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178628

Accession Number: 1988.68.8

Wallpaper

Fragment of border. Grapes and foliage. Three pink-purples, black, green and brown on a mustard ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178629

Accession Number: 1988.68.10B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Stylized rose with stem. Various sized horizontal dashes give a thorny look. Three pinks, two greens, white and brown on a yellow-brown ground.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178630

Accession Number: 1988.68.12

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scrolling foliage, sprigs and flowers create the design, printed in pink, orange, two greens, silver mica and brown on unnground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178631

Accession Number: 1988.68.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments. In the style of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, very stylized roses, rosebuds, leaves and stems. Superimposed on allover, horizontal dash pattern and vertical long dash pattern consisting of groups of three. Red, two greens, white and black on yellow-brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178632

Accession Number: 1988.68.11

Wallpaper

Fragments. The design consists of C-scrolls, fleur-de-lis, and a diaper pattern with a flower in each losenge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178633

Accession Number: 1988.68.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. No design. Red ground. There is a fiber from 1988.68.4 on one of the pieces.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178634

Accession Number: 1988.68.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Muslin cloth with a reddish pink stain from another paper. Fragments from a paper seen in 1988.68.8 seem to have been mounted on the cloth.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178635

Accession Number: 1988.68.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, metallic gold, rococo scrolls framing rose bouquets. Printed in peach, tan and green on an ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178792

Accession Number: 1997.103A-H

Wallpaper

Fragments. Liquid mica scrolls outlined in metallic gold and entwined with a vine with yellow daisies.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178793

Accession Number: 1997.104A-H

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Allover design of scrolling foliage and flowers printed in liquid mica, olive green, maroon and ochre on a pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178794

Accession Number: 1997.97

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Allover floral design in ochre and orange on a light yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178795

Accession Number: 1997.99

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover foliage in olive green and red on a pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178796

Accession Number: 1997.105A-C

Wallpaper

Garden Scene with birds, statue of Apollo, bridge and domed pavillion. Black and white printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178797

Accession Number: 1919.597

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pillar and arch design. Full repeat shows two columns with shields and flags supporting a gothic arch which frames three figures in classical dress beneath a canopy. Printed in black and white on a blue ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178798

Accession Number: 1998.6374