Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper consisting of vertical stripe of repeating vignette of woman, child and dog, alternating with cluster of roses. Prints in two greys on taupe ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178026

Accession Number: 2000.1422

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Woody, meandering vine with boughs of blossoms. Printed in red, blue, navy blue, brown, black and metallic gold and silver on a striped, taupe field.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178027

Accession Number: 2000.1633

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Winding floral branch with large-scale flowers and perched birds. Printed in purple, three blues, green, pink, red, taupe, black, silver and gold on a pinkish-cream ground.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178028

Accession Number: 2000.316

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of pink peonies and cherry blossoms on woody boughs. Printed in two pinks, brown, blue and two greens.

Date: 1920-1925

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178029

Accession Number: 2000.153

Wallpaper

Partial roll, torn in two pieces. Maroon stripes on an imitation silk moire ground in liquid mica.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178030

Accession Number: 2000.118

Wallpaper

Unused sample. The paper is a homage to Shakespeare and his work. In the center is a bust of Shakespeare framed by angels crowning him. In the surround are vignettes from his famous plays like "Romeo and Juliet". Engraved. Printed in taupe on beige.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Lloyd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178031

Accession Number: 2000.329

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Repeating poppy sprigs against a field of silhouetted trees. Printed in orange, red, yellow, blue, green, tan and metallic gold.

Date: 1935-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178032

Accession Number: 2000.121

Wallpaper

Cut sample. Allover design of large-scale, climbing roses with thorny stems. Printed in two pinks, mauve, rose, red, tan and four greens.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178033

Accession Number: 2000.227

Wallpaper

Several rolled samples. Repeating foliate medallions against a field of scrollig foliage. Printed in white against an irise ground of blended blue and yellow.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178034

Accession Number: 2000.1623

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of woodland view framing an urn and balustrade. Printed in several shades of grey, cream, light blue and green.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178035

Accession Number: 2000.166

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Alternating vignette of a pagoda with a fruit tree enclosed by a fence alternating with a vignette of an urn and ginger jar on a stepped base. Printed in green, blue, black, grey, white, pink and mauve.

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178036

Accession Number: 2000.1632

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small Ashlar background with vertical stripe of kylix alternating with cluster of grapes and leaves. Prints in two greys, cream, brown on taupe ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178037

Accession Number: 2000.1428

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small-Ashlar background with vertical stripe of kylix alternating with cluster of grapes and leaves. Prints in two greys, blue, green, white on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178038

Accession Number: 2000.1427

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating vignette of a pagoda and weeping willow tree raised above water and accessed by a winding staircase. Printed in four greys.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178039

Accession Number: 2000.160

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pagoda on pillars raised above water with steps leading to a blossoming willow-like tree. Printed in three greys.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178040

Accession Number: 2000.1631

Wallpaper

Partial roll. View of terrace with balustrade and arcade framed by trees, shrubs and woodland plants. Printed in brown, burnt umber, raw sienna, ochre, light green, two olive greens, violet, grey and blue. Printed over field of mottled tan. Overprinted with gold dashes. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1935

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

GUSN: 178041

Accession Number: 2000.122

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in light blue, brown, beige on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178042

Accession Number: 2000.1434

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in blue-green, two greys, white on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178043

Accession Number: 2000.1435

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in aqua, white, two greys on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178044

Accession Number: 2000.1436

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in mauve, grey on light yellow ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178045

Accession Number: 2000.1432

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in two greys on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178046

Accession Number: 2000.1433

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of scrolling foliage interconnected with floral swags.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177646

Accession Number: 1969.337.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Roccoco style with C-scrolls and foliage overlapping. Printed in white and beige on a cream ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177647

Accession Number: 1969.337.4A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Paper with floral bouquets or bunches, framed by scrolling foliage, openwork. Printed in brown/gold, cream, tan, brown.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177648

Accession Number: 1969.337.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments in a pattern resembling an allover floral damask. Pattern is very faded and hard to decipher. Block-printed in white and light grey on yellow satin ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177649

Accession Number: 1969.337.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. An arcaded border that caps the stripes on the sidewall. Top band of anthemia or palmette-type shapes. In each there are alternating shells and between the arches are narrow stripes of feathered leaves. Printed in green, white, pink and yellow with black flock on a light green gr...

Date: 1800-1807

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177650

Accession Number: 1969.337.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of two stripes filled with sprig motif and separated by a narrow stripe of leaves and sprigs. Printed in green and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1800-1807

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177651

Accession Number: 1969.337.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of a stylized, undulating vine of leaves. Printed in reddish-brown and black flock, beige and gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177652

Accession Number: 1969.337.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Neo-grec border with the Greek key design. Printed in gold, brown and olive flock on a beige ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177653

Accession Number: 1969.337.5B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of small, 2-inch leaf sprigs with berries. Stamped gilt on a beige ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177654

Accession Number: 1969.337.5A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Design on border is a palmette scroll. Printed in black with gold dust on a red ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177655

Accession Number: 1969.337.6B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. This Neo-grec style paper features black, spherical vases with gilt fretwork handles, decorated with floral sprays and garlands. Stripes are formed by twining gilt with stalk with yellow ears. Printed in yellow and black with gold dust on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177656

Accession Number: 1969.337.6A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Aesthetic border with dense foliage and a top band of squares and horizontal stripes.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177657

Accession Number: 1969.337.7C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large floral frieze with top and bottom bands of acanthus leaves and mouldings. Printed on a texture paper to simulate a textile. In orange, blue, olive, black, red, mauve, beige and khaki on an olive ground.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177658

Accession Number: 1969.337.7B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. No pattern visible except for white, pin strips on a grey ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177659

Accession Number: 1969.338.1

Wallpaper

Fragments (2). Overall foliate and floral pattern. Printed in green and grey on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177660

Accession Number: 1969.339.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe pattern with central arabesque pattern. Scrolling foliage as framework around an urn with a garland of greens held up by griffins. Printed in green, red, white on a grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177661

Accession Number: 1969.339.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Foliate paper. Printed in green, olive on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177662

Accession Number: 1969.339.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of a vertical, stylized floral/foliate motif with a crown of small flowers and ending in a bell flower. Motif is surrounded by a foliate wreath. Printed in green, fushia and silver mica.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177663

Accession Number: 1969.339.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with an overlapping, asymmetrical framework of rectangles and circles and dense foliate including cherry blossom branches. Printed in brown, two greys, cream and green-gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177664

Accession Number: 1969.340.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of allover, thin, meandering branches with flowers and leaves. Printed in orange, brown-red and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177665

Accession Number: 1969.340.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of large, but delicate, scrolling foliage and floral swags. Printed in silver and gold mica, and light grey on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177666

Accession Number: 1969.340.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Art nouveau pattern of roses on thorny stems. The paper stock of the rose pattern has the texture of an oatmeal paper and the ground is printed with brown striations that imitate grass cloth. Printed in two greens, red and brown on an unground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177667

Accession Number: 1969.340.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Embossed design of floral ornament of 3-lobed shape with leaves, thistles, cross and fleur-de-lis as embellishments. Printed in gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177668

Accession Number: 1969.340.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern has faded almost completely, but there are vertical stripe lines, pin dots and sprigs. Printed in green, black, white on a bluish green ground. Tax stamp on verso. Also on verso notes and drawings relating to this paper and 1969.341.1.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177669

Accession Number: 1969.341.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Large foliate pattern with pin dots. Printed in red and white on a cream underground.

Date: 1815-1820

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177670

Accession Number: 1969.341.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern of a central medallion framed by a diamond shape of flowers surrounded by a larger foliate vine, also in a diamond shape. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177671

Accession Number: 1969.341.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of an undulating, feathered ribbon with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white and green on a pale green or blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177672

Accession Number: 1969.342.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Pattern of vertical stripes with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white, green on a blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177673

Accession Number: 1969.342.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Samples are too small to see any distinct motifs except leaves and pin dots. Block printed in white and red on a cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177674

Accession Number: 1969.342.2

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