Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Old Cairo" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with an imitation metal or plaster screen pattern featuring all-over elongated quatrefoils with "rivets" at the intersections. Screen printed in seven colors -- yellow, ochre, two tans, gray, taupe and olive green on a white ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287167

Accession Number: 2000.940

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of entwined wisteria vines and flowers. Screen printed in fifteen colors -- three lavenders, three roses, three ochres, three greens, grey, white and black on a light grey ground, Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287168

Accession Number: 2000.941

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of large scale baroque floral motifs with leafy scrolling foliage. Printed in tan on a patterned taupe and cream field. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287169

Accession Number: 2000.942

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with an imitation plaster work molding design featuring fruit, wheat and grapevine motfs above a row of beading. Block printed in two browns, charcoal gray, taupe, tan, beige and cream on a speckled brown ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287170

Accession Number: 2000.943

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with continuous band of interlace. Screen printed in yellow, ochre, tan and blue on a teal blue ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287171

Accession Number: 2000.944

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with continuous band of grisaille egg and dart molding above a row of olive green and yellow drapery swags. Printed in two grays, white, two shades of olive green and yellow. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287172

Accession Number: 2000.946

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of alternating anthemions and calyxes. Block printed in green on an ivroy ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287173

Accession Number: 2000.947

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of palm-like foliage printed in green, brown, red, rose, yellow, pink and two purples over a black band and on a pale yellow ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287174

Accession Number: 2000.948

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of berried vines, screen printed in green, brown, red, rose, yellow, pink and two purples over a black band and on a pale yellow ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287176

Accession Number: 2000.949

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous entwined vine with stylized flowers, fruit, berries and tendrils. Screen printed in green, olive green, red, rose, pink, yellow and three purples on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287178

Accession Number: 2000.950

Wallpape

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vendome" pattern with an imitation silk moire design printed in salmon on a shiny white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287179

Accession Number: 2000.951

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with neoclassical urns above cornucopias ornamented with beaded swags and scrolling vines. Screen printed in white on a chartreuse ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY). See Border 2000.952B printed on same width of paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287180

Accession Number: 2000.952A

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Adam" pattern with two rows of simple leafed vines with stylized dotted blossoms. Screen printed in white on a chartreuse ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY). See Sidewall 2000.952A printed on same width of paper.

Date: 20th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287181

Accession Number: 2000.952B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Marlborough Stripe" pattern with block printed alternating stripes of red and rose. Based on an English machine printed wallpaper from 1880-1900. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287182

Accession Number: 2000.953

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Marlborough Stripe" pattern with block printed alternating stripes of rtaupe and beige on a cream ground. Based on an English machine printed wallpaper from 1880-1900. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287183

Accession Number: 2000.960

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Michaelmas Daisy" pattern with an all-over design of orange daisies on a fiels of green leaves and green entwined vines. Screen printed on a white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287185

Accession Number: 2000.954

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Canterbury Bells" pattern with an all-over design of repeating lilies, blue bells and marigolds on a field of green entwined willow leaves. Screen printed on a white field. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287187

Accession Number: 2000.955

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate stripe wallpaper from the Governor Badger House, Belmont, New Hampshire. A stylized foliate stripe, with two rows of leaves growing from a vine, alternates with a field of striated diamonds with dot centers. Block-printed in brown and white on ochre ground. Wove paper, partial ...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287189

Accession Number: 2001.281.525

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Pillement" pattern with repeated vignettes of Oriental landscapes including a view of a house on piers beneath a weeping willow tree and a view of a pagoda and footbridge framed by lattice strapwork. Screen printed in two greens and white on a cream ground. Manufactu...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287190

Accession Number: 2000.957

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Western Birds" pattern with a meandering vine filled with various species of birds. Block printed in three grees, three blues, rose, maroon, pink, brown, tan, beige and two grays on a white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287191

Accession Number: 2000.958

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Windsor Rose" pattern with all-over design of large sprays of roses in different colors. Screen printed in twelve colors on a light grey ground. Based on an English or Amrican machine printed wallpaper from 1900-1920. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287195

Accession Number: 2000.961

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Warwick" pattern with cream-colored large scrolling leaves machine printed on a beige ground. Based on an English block print from 1890-1900 in the Sanderson Archives.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287196

Accession Number: 2000.962

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Buckingham" pattern with an all-over design of entwined willow leaves. Machine printed in dark salmon on a salmon ground. Based on an English machine printed paper from 1890-1910 originally printed by Jeffrey & Company.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287197

Accession Number: 2000.963

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Lansdowne" patterm with an all-over design of rhododendron blossoms and branches. Machine printed in two shades of lavender, fuschia and three greens on a cream background. Adaptation of an English block print paper from 1870-1920 originaly printed by William Woola...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287198

Accession Number: 2000.964

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Sommerville" pattern with an all-over design of lilac blossoms and boughs. Machine printed in two shades of lavender, purple, rose, two pinks and four greens on a white ground. Adaptation of an English block print paper from 1870-1920 originally printed by William ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 287199

Accession Number: 2000.965

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Ville de Lyon" pattern with a broad stripe composed of green vine-like borders framing wreath of flowering vines. Machine printed in two purples, lavender, mauve, rose, pink, and three shades of green on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287200

Accession Number: 2000.966

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Foliage" pattern with and all-over design of three types of entwined foliage. Machine printed in taupe, tan and green on a teal background. Based on an English block print paper from 1899 designed by John Henry Dearle

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Dearle, J. H. (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287201

Accession Number: 2000.967

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Garden Party -- Bowery" pattern with a striped design composed of three trailing ivy vines. Machine printed in two shades of blue-grey, teal, green and black on an ivory ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287202

Accession Number: 2000.968

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Rose and Peony" pattern with an all-over design of large scale peony and rose blossoms. Machine printed in mauve, rose, two pinks, blue, two greens, taupe and grey on a white ground. Based on an English machine print paer of 1917.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287203

Accession Number: 2000.969

Wallpaper

Cut sample of gilt-figured wallpaper from Concord, New Hampshire. Pattern of large and small floral sprays block-printed in three greens, peach, red, and dark orange then embossed and gilded with gold leaf. Gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287204

Accession Number: 2001.281.526

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Garden Party - In My Garden" pattern with an all-over design of meandering honeysuckle vines. Machine printed in three greens, two pinks, rose, tan, peach and grey on an ivory ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287205

Accession Number: 2000.970

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Castles in the Air" pattern with broad blue stripes alternating with grey and tan stripes and overprinted with a white screened baroque floral design. Machine printed.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287206

Accession Number: 2000.971

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Rutland" pattern with a repeating grid of small scale lozenge-shaped fleurons. Machine printed in yellow on a light yellow ground,.

Date: 20th c

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287207

Accession Number: 2000.972

Wallpaper

Ashlar patterned wallpaper fragments with attached border. Stone blocks which surround alternating motifs such as an urn and bunches of fruit. Printed in blue, green, two greys, white, brown and taupe on a grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179305

Accession Number: 1973.103AB

Wallpaper

Bottom border to sidewall. Not as decorative as the top border. A band of medallions alternate with floral bouquets and horizontal lines. Printed in two grays, three pinks, three greens, black and white on a light gray ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179306

Accession Number: 1973.102C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. All over sprays of roses and tropical flowers with birds (parrot) in flight. Printed in six pinks, lavender, purple, three greens, two yellows, red, two browns and white on blue, polished ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179307

Accession Number: 1924.843

Wallpaper

Fragments of leather wallcovering from Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed leather with a pattern of scrolling foliage, flowers, dragonflies, bees, birds, and dracontines. Stenciled in red, green and blue on gilt ground.

Date: 1882

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 179308

Accession Number: 1988.67A-E

Fireboard

Fireboard covered with wallpaper with alternating motifs of a bird perched on a floral branch and a large flower with blossom framed by stylized flowers and vines. Printed in green, brown, white on a blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179309

Accession Number: 1970.315

Wallpaper

The border matches the striped sidewall and completes the top with a crowning floral spray and bud. There is also cording on the edges and a swag of beads. Top band are stylized oak leaves in square compartments with scrolled edges. Printed cinnamon and brown flock, gold, grey, green and white on a ...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179310

Accession Number: 1922.983.3

Wallpaper

Striped pattern with a central, vertical motif of flowers, scrolling foliage and a wreath of leaves and berries. Between the stripes are dots and on the outer sides there is a vertical column of stylized flowers and geometric shapes. Printed in cinnamon and brown flock, white, green-grey and gold on...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179311

Accession Number: 1922.983.2

Wallpaper

Plain paper with a brushed-on, green ground.

Date: 1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179312

Accession Number: 1922.983.1

Wallpaper

Full roll. Repeating grey cartouches with diaper pattern fill in red, accented with white dots and scrolls. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179313

Accession Number: 1922.982

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern of flowers alternating with a shield and a bottom band of diamonds and dots. Printed in two pinks, olive green, white and black on a white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179314

Accession Number: 1988.136

Wallpaper

Drapery paper. Pattern consists of gathered, lacy drapery and chiffon-like drapery gathered and overlapping, forming a diaper pattern. Drapery is embellished with stylized sprigs and leaves. Printed in white and terracotta on a grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179315

Accession Number: 1988.135

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Date: 1804-1806

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Charvet, Jean-Gabriel (Designer)

GUSN: 179316

Accession Number: 1954.229.10

Wallpaper

Scenery figure. Within sculptural cartouches there are scenes of boats and sailors heading towards town. Stenciled in green and block-printed in three greens, four greys, two pinks, four browns, tan, blue and blended blue, pink and green.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179317

Accession Number: 1929.1853.2

Scenic wallpaper

One panel of a the scenic paper "El Dorado." The central focus is the swans on the lake protected by trees with a mountain in the background. Very colorful peacock feathers are in the foreground. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 179318

Accession Number: 1996.34.2

Bandbox

Small, oval, wooden sewing box (A) with pin cushion lid (B). Box is covered with a border paper with flowers, circles and stylized foliage. Blockprinted in two greens, two browns and orange on beige ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179319

Accession Number: 2000.120.2AB

Wallpaper

Used sample. Scenic paper depicting a man in a military uniform c.1810, alternating with a hat with plume surrounded by a wreath. On diapered background. Prints in blue, green, two greys, white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179320

Accession Number: 2000.438

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating design of tasseled cord entwined with flowers on a diapered field. Printed in green, black and white. Straight match.

Date: 1988

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 179321

Accession Number: 1988.72.1

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