Historic New England

Wallpaper

Three fragments of geometric wallpaper from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Repeating pattern of fleur-de-lis figures framed by tear-shaped cartouches over a background of small fleur-de-lis figures. Roller-printed in pale green, dark green, white, black and metallic silver on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286897

Accession Number: 2001.281.511A-C

Wallpaper

Multiple fragments of scenery figure wallpaper from West Newton, Massachusetts. The wallpaper pattern consists of two alternating columns, each with two different alternating scenes, one large and one small. The scenes include a castle wall with towers, a timber frame cottage, an arched building w...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286926

Accession Number: 2001.281.512A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with geometric pattern from West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Alternating, stencil-like rosette figures form an overall geometric pattern resembling a tile mosaic. Block-printed in blue and white on ungrounded, pink paper. Wove paper, partial sheets. Lathe marks, from a later wall ...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286934

Accession Number: 2001.281.513

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper fragments from Winchendon, Massacusetts. Scenery and masonry square pattern with three scenery figures, each in a separate column, alternating with masonry squares. The scenes depict a cottage by a lake with a boat, a stone bridge over a waterway with swans, and a castle above a wa...

Date: 1900

Maker: York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286937

Accession Number: 2001.281.514AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Rococo Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Floral sprigs in a framework of asymmetrical foliate scrollwork. Block-printed in gray, green and either red or yellow on white ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286957

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.1AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Renaissance Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Strapwork pattern block-printed in blue, black, brown, and white on tan ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286958

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.2AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of damask-style wallpaper from the Salisbury Mansion, Worcester, Massachusetts. Foliate and grain stalk damask. The central design element is a large "U" or lyre-shaped foliate and scroll figure. Grain stalks, or possibly hops flowers, rise from the top of the figure and dangling from its ...

Date: 1811-1817

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

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

GUSN: 286959

Accession Number: 2001.281.516

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book titled "Harmony House Color Perfect Wallpapers, Color Magic for Every Room" by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog has over seventy wallpapers with suggestions for their use, coordinating papers and othe decorating tips. Catalog also includes wallpaper supplies. Catlaog cover has a ...

Date: 1948

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287024

Accession Number: 2001.1

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book titled "Richard E. Thibaut / Peerless Wall Papers / No. 1 1909 / New York Brooklyn / Boston Newark / The Largest Wall Paper House In The World." Book is covered with a heavy green paper with a dark green fabric tape binding. A fabric tape is strung through two holes in the bind...

Date: 1909

Maker: Richard E. Thibaut Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ceiling papers, textile materials

GUSN: 287026

Accession Number: 1999.57

Wallpaper Scrapbook

Brown leather-bound scrapbook with a maroon binding over a wooden spine. Scarpbook contains fourteen pages of used fragments of wallpaper from the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street, Newton, MA.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287027

Accession Number: 1966.193

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper sample in the "Honeysuckle" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with all-over densely arranged foliage with flowering honeysuckle blossoms. Block printed in green and brown on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287032

Accession Number: 2000.866

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with trellis design formed by white interlace on a bright green ground. Made by Cole & Son (London); pattern name unknown.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287034

Accession Number: 2000.876

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Ronald Reagan's Boyhood Home" pattern by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with an all-over floral design in imitation of tapestry. Machine printed in grey, taupe, tan, pink, blue and black on a light grey ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287035

Accession Number: 2000.884

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Eisenhower's Home" pattern by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with an all-over designs of bloughs with blossoms. Machine printed in taupe and blue on a white textured ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287037

Accession Number: 2000.885

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "The Jeffrey" pattern by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with a diaper pattern of small leaf sprigs enclosed within hexagons. Machine printed in two blues, olive green and light green on an ivory ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287040

Accession Number: 2000.886

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of yellow and orange sunflowers with blue, tan, green and brown leafy foliage. Machine printed on black ground. Reproduction of a 1922 Charles Birchfield design by Birge (Buffalo NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287041

Accession Number: 2000.887

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Victorian" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with repeating octagonal coffers in two sizes separated by arabesques and framing rose colored fields with grid of eight-pointed stars and single stylized leaf. Machine printed in tan, white, rose and pink on a grey ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287043

Accession Number: 2000.888

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Westwood" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with narrow stripe of small blue entwined floral vine alternating with stripe of light blue stylized blossoms, scrolling leaves and berries. Machine printed on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287044

Accession Number: 2000.889

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Sunny Side" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with grid formed by stylized vines and blossoms framing alternating rose sprays and mixed floral sprays. Printed in taupe on a cream background.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287049

Accession Number: 2000.890

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Teddy Roosevelt's Nursery Paper" by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with vertically repeating vignettes of seaside village with mill and sailboats, traverlers in a wooded glen, and view of a Medieval village. Machine printed in tan, peach, brown, blue, blue-green, and white on a...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287050

Accession Number: 2000.891

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Windsor Rose" pattern by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with an all-over design of large scale rose sprays. Machine printed in brown, red, pink, rose, two greens, grey and beige on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287051

Accession Number: 2000.892

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Lincoln's Box at Ford Theatre" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Striped design with wide band of small mauve floral and leaf sprigs alternating with narrow stripe of black entwined vine edged with mauve floral "lace". Screen printed on a polished maroon ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287052

Accession Number: 2000.893

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "New England Colonial Gothic" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with grisaille Gothic archesa and niches entwined with ivy framing view of meidieval castle. Machine printed in two greys and metallic gold on a light grey ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287053

Accession Number: 2000.894

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Governor Gore Mansion" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with a loosely arranged repeated motif of a peacock perched in a flowering and berried plant. Machine printed in two browns, three greens, yellow and two blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287054

Accession Number: 2000.895

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Colonel Pope" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with an ashlar pattern of alternating panals of floral and fruit sprays and rosettes framed by scrolling foliage. Machine printed in yellow, ochre and metallic gold.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287055

Accession Number: 2000.896

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival wallpaper fragment. Naturalistic rose bouquet framed by c-scrolls and strapwork. Block-printed in three grays, white, green, and red on polished white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287056

Accession Number: 2001.281.517

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of "Graeme Park" border: A has two rows of a border composed of geoemtric designs bordered above and below by a continuous band of white scalloped edging. Screen printed in black, orange and white on a light olive green ground. B has a single row of soffit border composed...

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287057

Accession Number: 2000.897AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Moffett-Ladd" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Imitation plaster work design with Gothic panels framing fleurons and enclosed by scrolling flowers and foliate. Screen printed in white, grey, brown and burnt umber on yellow ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287058

Accession Number: 2000.898

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Graeme Park Dining Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Diaper pattern with lozenges formed by repeating quatrefoils framing larger quatrefoils. Printed in blue, geige and black on white ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287059

Accession Number: 2000.899

Wallpaper

Unsued sample. Wallpaper in "Washington Headquarters - Valley Forge (Guest Room)" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of petrite black and blue sprigs on beige ground. Screen printed.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287060

Accession Number: 2000.900

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clarkson Watson House (Dining Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Continuous meandering pine cones and pine boughs bordered on the left side by a vine of gathered evergreen entwined by a flowering vine. Screen printed in two greens and white on beige ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287061

Accession Number: 2000.901

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wall paper in the "Washington's Headquarters" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of stylized flowers and scrolling foliage. Screen printed in olive green, brown, metallic gold and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287062

Accession Number: 2000.902

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Graeme Park (Study)" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of repeated small metallic gold six-pointed stars. Screen printed on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287063

Accession Number: 2000.903

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border in "The Morris-Jumel Mansion" (Tea Room) pattern. Two attached borders of morning glories and iby leaves framed by beading. In one border the flowers are separating birds drinking from a fountain. In the second, the flowers alternate with an urn flanked by birds with ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287065

Accession Number: 2000.904

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "The Morris-Jumel Mansion Tea Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Wide stripes of morning glory vines alternating with wide stripes of stylized floral sprigs. Screen printed in twelve colors, predominantly greens, pruples and browns.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287066

Accession Number: 2000.905

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

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