Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of flocked and gilded border. Pattern consists of fig leaves and figs wrapping around fluted column, edged with small C-scrolls on top and dots on bottom. Printed in gold with green flocking on blueish-green ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178272

Accession Number: 1985.22

Wallpaper

Cut sample of a diapered patterned wallpaper. Diamond shape motif alternates with stylized flower. Printed in white, green and red on blue-green ungrounded paper. Printing is off register. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178273

Accession Number: 1985.23

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Small repeating roses printed in two pinks, yellow, grey and white with green and varninsh green leaves. Printed on mauve ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178274

Accession Number: 1985.28

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Ashlar or Masonry patterned paper. Repeating rectangular cartouches with C-scrolls and wavy lines, imitating marble, on a speckled ground. Printed in two blues, white, red and mica on a light blue ground.

Date: 1910-1915

Maker: Alfred Peats Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178275

Accession Number: 1996.29

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large, gilt, Neo-Grec elements composed of roses in a rose supported by a cylix, framed by arabesques draped with rose garlands and separtated by smaller gilt rose and urn motifs. Printed against a field of imitation silk moire printed in grisaille.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178276

Accession Number: 2000.124

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Four vertical rows of white dots printed on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178378

Accession Number: 2000.604

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Alternating rose sprigs with buds in three purples and two greens on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178379

Accession Number: 2000.605AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover gilt flowers and ferns printed on a gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178380

Accession Number: 2000.606

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White Renaissance revival cartouche framing a floral bouquet printed in tan and brown and ornamented by a flowering vine in brown and taupe on a gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178381

Accession Number: 2000.607

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Renaissance revival strapwork in gray ornamented with pink and red roses and bachelor buttons in brown and blue.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178382

Accession Number: 2000.613

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance revival strapwork in gray ornamented with bleeding nearts and pinks flowers with trailing tendrils on a white polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178383

Accession Number: 2000.614AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Interlace ornament in green and maroon beside a row of dog teeth and beads and lozenges in red and white. Printed on a field of maroon pin-dots and a gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178384

Accession Number: 2000.617

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Open lattice design formed by white pin-stripes enclosing red and green rootlets on unground brown paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178385

Accession Number: 2000.620

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern. Raised coffer design printed in tan, brown and beige enclosing white patera on a gray field.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178386

Accession Number: 2000.623

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Grisaille ashlar blocks or coffers with egg and dart and bead and reel edges alternating with a panel of a continuous stylized berried vine.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178387

Accession Number: 2000.624

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern of highly stylized gray provencals framing green arabesques ornamented with black diaper pattern. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178388

Accession Number: 2000.626

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White renaissance revival strapwork ornamented with red roses on a white striated field on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178389

Accession Number: 2000.630

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Repeating tri-lobed foliate forms printed in two greens above a row of yellow, tan and brown molding. Printed on brown ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178390

Accession Number: 2000.632

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large sunflower surrounded by scrolling foliage. Printed in brown, tan, maroon, red and yellow on a metallic gold basket weave embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178391

Accession Number: 2000.633

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Geometric tapestry pattern in orange, blue and brown surrounded by a narrow brown stripe with orange sprigs. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178392

Accession Number: 2000.636A-C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Continuous band of stylized roses and daisies and small blue five-petaled flowers. Bordered above and below by geometric elements. Printed on maroon ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178393

Accession Number: 2000.638

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Narrow strip of drapery design. Lavender and white "lace" and two green pleats or folds printed on yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178394

Accession Number: 2000.640

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Serpentine floral vine in red and gray with delicate floral tendrils in yellow and black printed on a vermillion ground.

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178395

Accession Number: 2000.641

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pastoral landscape of sheep and flowering tree boughs. Printed in black, blue and white on pink ground.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178396

Accession Number: 2000.642

Wallpaper

Fragment. Possibly Renaissance revival floral strapwork. Sample too small to decipher design. Printed in green, maroon and white on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178397

Accession Number: 2000.643

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Black and green brattishing on olive flock printed above egg and dart moulding printed in rust, tan and metallic gold on ochre ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178398

Accession Number: 2000.644

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Cut section of printed white eyelet design on blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178399

Accession Number: 2000.646

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blue and white sprigs pn a field of blue and white dashes. On gray paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178400

Accession Number: 2000.647

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stripe. Grisaille interlace with dotted decoration alternating with band of organic abstract shapes in white connected by gray dots. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178401

Accession Number: 2000.650

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Grape vine in brown, tan and beige with clusters of grapes in red, orange, yellow, purple and white on a black field.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178402

Accession Number: 2000.651

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral stripe wallpaper. Poppies (?) and bluebells (?) form stripe alternating with solid green stripe with moire. Printed in red, blues, two greens, yellow, brown on light green ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178403

Accession Number: 2000.671

Bandbox

Circular, pasteboard bandbox covered in wallpaper. Paper displays a sculptural diaper pattern with leaf medallions or fleurions in each losenge. The lines are embellished with circles and two diamonds appearing to be in relief. Block printed in orange and white on a beige ground. There is a border a...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178404

Accession Number: 1923.352

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Pattern of floral vines with thick, grey, worm-like tines in between printed in green and grey on an unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178405

Accession Number: 1932.927AB

Wallpaper

Ten (?) fragments of indecipherable-patterned paper. First paper prints in orange, brown, tan on light ground(?) paper. Second paper with floral design prints in yellow, beige, grey and white on light ground. These fragments were removed from the back of 1950.M16.1A.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178406

Accession Number: 1950.M16.2

Wallpaper

Two fragments of larger scale diaper wallpaper. Pattern consists of bunch of grapes and grape leaves set inside diamond pattern. Printed in red on greyish, unground paper.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178407

Accession Number: 1956.M19

Wallpaper

Two fragments of stripe paper consisting of small band of quatrefoils alternating with wider stripe of pendant-shaped motif. Printed in two browns on green ground. Straight repeat?

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178408

Accession Number: 1972.111.1

Wallpaper

Five used fragments of Arts & Crafts-style paper. Ingrain paper with stylized, geometric design. Printed in maroon, white, green, yellow on dark green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178409

Accession Number: 1972.111.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Anglo-Japanese pattern of asymetrical panels filled with geometric patterns, irises, daisies, and stylized flower pot. Printed in blue, yellow, maroon, light olive and olive on a black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178410

Accession Number: 1980.211AB

Bandbox

Square box with lid. Paper has pattern of scrolling foliage with elaborate square and diamond motifs with interlaced bow. Printed in taupe, black, red, yellow and gold on a light taupe ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178411

Accession Number: 1980.88AB

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in paper. The paper on the body of the box depicts a pierced basket filled with a spray of flowers. Above is a festoon and drapery attaches to the handles. On the lid is a garden scene with a woman giving offerings to a cupid statue. Around the band o...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178412

Accession Number: 1980.93AB

Bandbox

Large, oval bandbox (A) with lid. (B) Renaissance/Rococo Revival pattern with scrolling foliage openwork, shell motif, swags and strapwork. Printed in green, white and brown on a grey ground. Paper underneath with stylized flowers printed in green, blue on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178413

Accession Number: 1980.96AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Imitation carved wooden screen composed of C-scrolls and rosettes framing panels of imitation marble. Printed in two browns, peach and grey.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178414

Accession Number: 1985.20

Wallpaper

Two rolled pieces of cut borders. Wide band of black flock bordered above by row of beading and below by egg and torque imitation moulding. Printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178415

Accession Number: 2000.140AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Repeating vignette of maid and gentleman meeting over water pump; surrounded by lush greenery and flowers. Prints in grey, two browns, mauve, three greens, red, pink, yellow, cream on grey ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178416

Accession Number: 2000.1420.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Landscape figure paper. Vignette is of male and female figures standing near fountain, surrounded by grand windows; with a view of the sea and sailing vessel behind them. Prints in brown, tan, white, two greens, blue, grey on beige ground.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178417

Accession Number: 2000.1423a

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Nursery paper. Pattern consists of nine vignettes of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Jack and Jill." Prints in two greens, red, light blue, yellow, pink, tan on ivory ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178418

Accession Number: 2000.1423b

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragments. Grisaille, Renaissance Revival strapwork entwined with roses and morning glories. Printed in three greys.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178419

Accession Number: 2000.145A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern lozenges made of leafy vines and joined by flower blossoms. In each lozenge is a sprig. Printed in green, white and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178420

Accession Number: 2000.1683.1