Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of floral flocked wallpaper. Groupings of stylized flowers in maroon flocking are joined to each other by draping foliate vines. The flocking is block-printed over ochre stripes on polished cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293480

Accession Number: 2001.281.1191

Wallpaper

Partial roll of striped floral wallpaper. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. The primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293483

Accession Number: 2001.281.1192

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. It is labeled "Percival - Boston Transcripts 1921." The folder is made from a piece of wallpaper roller-printed with a floral diamond pattern in pink over a...

Date: 1921-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers

GUSN: 293715

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.10

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the school records of her great, great aunt Lydia Percival Freeman (1773-1830). The folder i...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers

GUSN: 293727

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.11

Document Folder

Small handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the diary of her great aunt Abby Percival from 1831-1833. The folder is made form a pi...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, wallpapers

GUSN: 293728

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.12

Document folder

Small handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the 1832-1834 "Farming Memoranda" of her great-grandfather Elisha Percival, Jr. (1781-...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker) Possibly Silver Studio (Manufacturer)

Material: cardboard, wallpapers

GUSN: 293729

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.13

Document Folder

Small handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the 1860 diary of her great-aunt Abby Percival of Edgington, Illinois. The folder is m...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker) Morris, William (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpaper brushes

GUSN: 293758

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.14

Document Folder

Small, wallpaper covered folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-two created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held "Lineage Data" from geneologist T. M. Strobridge. The folder, commercially m...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: pasteboard (paper), wallpapers, metal

GUSN: 293763

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.15

Wallpaper covered document box

Small, wallpaper covered box used to hold family documents. The box is one of a group of twenty-two enclosures created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. The box's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the early nineteenth century diary of her great-grandfather Elisha Perciva...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: pasteboard (paper), wallpapers

GUSN: 293764

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.16

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-two created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. The folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held "Gravestone Transcriptions" dating between 1801 and 1825 from Lee, Massachusetts. The folder ...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 293765

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.17

Document folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-two created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. The folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held documents relating to the "First Church in Hartford, Connecticut" dating between 1670-1903. T...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 293786

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.18

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293200

Accession Number: 1958.267.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper marked "Wm. Faulkner Adam" by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale damask-style design of floral bouquets in urns with beaded swags and foliate scrolls. Background has narrow vertical stripes. Roller-printed in pale yellow (motifs) and ligh...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293201

Accession Number: 2001.281.886

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293202

Accession Number: 1958.267.2

Wallpaper Tracing

Two pieces of a tracing on mylar in black ink of "Bissell House" reproduction wallpaper made by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Tracing has circular medallions with eight leaves arranged in alternating rows.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: Mylar (TM)

GUSN: 293203

Accession Number: 2001.281.887AB

Armchair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293207

Accession Number: 1958.266.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "East India Trade" pattern (#124318) pattern by Waerhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has very large-scale damask pattern of scrolling flowers and foliage. Roller-printed in white on a blue ground. Paper is textured to resemble a basket-weave fabric. Pa...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293208

Accession Number: 2001.281.888

Armchair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293212

Accession Number: 1958.266.2

Side chair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293218

Accession Number: 1958.266.3

Side chair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293219

Accession Number: 1958.266.4

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two partiral rolls of reproduction wallpaper in the "Fleurs Naturelles" pattern (#111683) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale floral and foliage pattern printed to resemble a silk textile.Both rolls are roller-printed in metallic gold on a salmon ground. The wallpaper patter...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic paint

GUSN: 293220

Accession Number: 2001.281.889AB

Side chair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293221

Accession Number: 1958.266.5

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Intertwining Leaves with Bow" pattern (#229) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a very large-scale pattern of intertwining leaves forming a diamond shape with bows at each corner. Roller-printed in four shades of olive green on a light blue ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), textile materials

GUSN: 293222

Accession Number: 2001.281.890

Side chair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 293223

Accession Number: 1958.266.6

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LPX1 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of stylized flowers and palmettes arranged in horizontal rows. Both rolls are screen-printed in blue, black, pink and white on ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293226

Accession Number: 2001.281.891AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of floral wallpaper. Large-scale, naturalistic floral bouquet in muted colors overlaying two-tone blue-green leaves and branches. Block-printed in two shades of blue-green, eight greens, five grays, two lavenders, two taupes, five browns, peach, three pinks, red, orange, two blues, th...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293233

Accession Number: 2001.281.1148

Wallpaper

Roll of uncut floral wallpaper borders. Roll is printed with three borders, each with meandering vine with stylized yellow and red flowers on olive background with yellow dashes. Each stripe is edged on both sides with black stripe with small yellow flowers and divided by yellow line. Roller-prin...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293235

Accession Number: 2001.281.1149

Wallpaper Dado

Partial roll of dado wallpaper. Dado consists of upper border of egg and leaf figures imitating architectural molding, wide dado of panels framed by foliate scrolls dripping jewels and floral swags, and narrow architectural border at the bottom. Block-printed in black, grown, tan, two blues and wh...

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293236

Accession Number: 2001.281.1150

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with pattern titled "Le Jardin Hollandais." Large-scale apple tree in the foreground and formal garden with arched pergola and geometric flower beds in the background. Pattern overprinted with small black stripes to imitate tapestry or textile. Long repeat. Roller-printed i...

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293249

Accession Number: 2001.281.1151

Wallpaper Frieze

Rolled fragment of Nursery wallpaper frieze depicting scenes of two couples in pastoral setting. In the first scene, a shepardess with a sheep at her feet and a staff sits on a rock while a gentleman offers her flowers. In the second scene, a lady with a fan is offered flowers from a gentleman. R...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293250

Accession Number: 2001.281.1152

Wallpaper Border

Rolled fragment of uncut wallpaper border corner. One complete corner is visible with floral spray framed by outer border of foliate scrolls and inner border of c-scrolls and beads. Block-printed in brown, tan, cream and metallic gold on light gray ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293258

Accession Number: 2001.281.1153

Wallpaper

Partial roll of striped wallpaper. Alternating stripes of stylized flowers in brown, gold and black and foliate vine in gray on gray background. Roller-printed in two grays, taupe, brown, gold, black on ungrounded paper. "2 Rolls" and pattern number "840" printed in selvedge.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293259

Accession Number: 2001.281.1154

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper from the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. The wallpaper pattern has alternating motifs of octagons filled with stylized flowers and square medallions arranged in horizontal rows. 2001.281.892.1 (pattern #LP2-316) is screen-print...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 293264

Accession Number: 2001.281.892.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper from the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. 2001.281.893.1 is screen-printed in white on a light gray ground ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 293267

Accession Number: 2001.281.893.1-.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of sanitary wallpaper. Pattern imitates painted tiles. Each square tile contains a circular pastoral scenes. Scenes include a windmill, a shepherd and flock with castle in the background, a person fishing , boats sailing by country homes. Roller-printed in black and green on ungr...

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293268

Accession Number: 2001.281.1155

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper by Allen-Doane Company. Pattern is similar to the "Braintree Stripe" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. The wallpaper has vertical stripes composed of six-pointed stars in circles alternating with stripes of a vine with feather-like leaves. Dividing these strip...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 293269

Accession Number: 2001.281.894

Wallpaper

Partial roll of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern depicts scenes of rabbit hunting framed by foliage and flowers. Roller-printed in black, two reds, two browns, two greens, two blues, yellow, peach and purple on ungrounded paper. Pattern number "9792" printed in selvedge. Possibly English.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293270

Accession Number: 2001.281.1156

Reproduction Wallpapers

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Le Pecheur" pattern (#175304) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a series of alternating scenic vignettes. One vignettes shows a two-masted sailing ship framed in a oval formed by a series of stylized floral sprigs and leaves and a ribbon. T...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293271

Accession Number: 2001.281.895

Wallpaper

Small rolled fragment of flocked paisley wallpaper. Small green buta figures with metallic gold and red accents on a field of maroon flocking and red ground. Block-printed in metallic gold, red, green and maroon flocking on red ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 293272

Accession Number: 2001.281.1157

Wallpaper Border

Rolled fragment of unprinted and uncut flocked wallpaper border. Two wide stripes of green flocking on green ground. Block-printed.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 293273

Accession Number: 2001.281.1158

Reproduction Wallpaper

Patial roll of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 3-384 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of elongated quatrefoil medallions. Screen-printed in genuine gold leaf on a cream ground.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer) Waterhouse, Dorothy S. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293276

Accession Number: 2001.281.896

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of flocked wallpaper with vertical stripe of shells, flowers and c-scrolls in blue and metallic gold on horizontal stripe background. Second stripe of solid gold with blue edges. Roller-printed in metallic gold and blue flocking on white ground. Paper is embossed with diamond textu...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 293277

Accession Number: 2001.281.1159

Screen-print of Wallpaper Design

Screen-printed roll of a wallpaper design made by Dorothy Waterhouse. Paper has a pattern of randomly place elongated quatrefoil motifs. Screen-printed in gray on an ungrounded cream paper.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: Waterhouse, Dorothy S. (Printmaker)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 293281

Accession Number: 2001.281.897

Wallpaper

Small rolled fragment of flocked floral stripe wallpaper. Paper is printed with a wide, vertical architectural molding in gold and tan on the left side of paper and a large-scale floral vine in gold and tan growing over background of red flocking on the right. Block-printed in metallic gold, two b...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 293282

Accession Number: 2001.281.1160

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of flocked damask wallpaper. Large-scale floral damask block-printed with green flocking on polished green ground. The flocking is overprinted in red.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 293283

Accession Number: 2001.281.1161.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of flocked damask wallpaper. Large-scale floral damask block-printed with green flocking on polished green ground. The flocking is overprinted in red.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 293284

Accession Number: 2001.281.1161.2

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with large-scale pattern of meandering branches bearing a variety of flowers and fruit. Birds fly among and perch on the branches. The pattern includes a small vignette of two people in Asian dress sitting near a pagoda. The paper is block-printed in black, blue, red, pink...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293286

Accession Number: 2001.281.898

Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction scenery figure wallpaper. Medallion figures frame two pastoral vignettes. One medallion is oval and frames a scene of a male traveler resting against a tree trunk. A woman carrying a child on her back stands nearby. The other medallion is smaller and rectangular. It f...

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293293

Accession Number: 2001.281.1162

Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction landscape figure wallpaper. Vignette of a man watering horses alternates with a vignette of a small flock of sheep. The landscape vignettes are divided by a rows of scrolls with centered floral swag. Columns of vignettes divided by scroll and strapwork stripe with spra...

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293294

Accession Number: 2001.281.1163

Wallpaper

Partial roll of landscape figure wallpaper. Vignette of soldier and two women seated at a table under a arched pergola alternates with grouping of fruit. Vignettes are block-printed in orange, blue, black and taupe on blue ground with light blue floral figures. Manufactured by Zuber & Cie, Alsace...

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 293295

Accession Number: 2001.281.1164

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