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Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Symmetrical design. Roses in a basket with white stylized leaf swags which connect to pink and rose tassels and white cross-hatched stripe. Straight match.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178701

Accession Number: 1971.168

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Gothic design of small-scale architectural elements and framed views of wooded landscapes. Printed in grey, maroon and green on polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178702

Accession Number: 1971.167

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gothic pattern consists of exterior view (?) of Gothic structure with niches and statue, Ogee arches, tracery windows and quatrefoils. Prints in beige, white on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178703

Accession Number: 1921.9AB

Wallpaper

Gothic Revival paper depicting a combination of interior and exterior elements of a Gothic cathedral, including: pointed arches; fretwork; tracery; pulpits; statuary; trefoils and quatrefoils. Printed in brown, two oranges, tan and white on peach satin ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178704

Accession Number: 1921.123A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large grisaille flowers, peonies?, and roses with foliage and cluster of three berries on bright blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178705

Accession Number: 1921.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric diaper pattern. Diamond grid with small dots as border and larger dots at intersection. Circular medallion with 8 pointed star in center. White and light blue on blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178706

Accession Number: 1983.177.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scenery paper? Green foliage? with blue sky? ground. Sample too small to decipher image.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178707

Accession Number: 1983.177.3

Wallpaper

Fragment, tapestry, large scale design. Printed in blue, rust, green and tan on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178708

Accession Number: 1983.177.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern composed of white stylized floral elements and dot in center of each diamond. Printed on light blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178709

Accession Number: 1983.177.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Brown medallion alternating with cock surrounded by green and black leaves printed on light brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178710

Accession Number: 1988.133A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border with small floral elements in brown and orange along bottom edges. Center composed of groups of five white, narrow diagonal stripes separated by five pin dots on green ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178711

Accession Number: 1988.134

Wallpaper border

Unused sample of French Zuber border. Grey foliate vine intertwined with golden vine which has regularly spaced groups of three leaves on a rust flocked ground.

Date: 1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178712

Accession Number: 1923.535

Wallpaper border

Rose border block printed in four pinks, four blues, two browns, two golds, yellow, and gray with olive green and dark green flock overprinted in black and bright green on white satin ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: Probably Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178713

Accession Number: 1923.536

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Continuous band of wild roses printed in three pinks, red, white and two greys with olive green, flocked foliage over printed in two greens on a polished white ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178714

Accession Number: 1923.537

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of scrolling foliage. Printed in cream, pink and gold on a natural unground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Janeway & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178716

Accession Number: 1978.198

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliage and ivy. Printed in four greens on a polished white ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178717

Accession Number: 1978.200

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover scrolling foliage with C-scrolls. Printed in a pale peach and gold on a soft pink ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178718

Accession Number: 1978.190A

Wallpaper

Portion of wallpaper roll endpaper with label: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANGING PRESSED PAPERS. Take one roll at a time and cut into requisite strips. Then paste said strips, using very heavy paste thereto, working it well into the paper, but not allowing the strips to soak too long. Now trim the selvage a...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178719

Accession Number: 1978.190B

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Wallpaper Hanging Instructions

Fragment of wallpaper roll with the following printed on the label: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANGING PRESSED PAPERS Take one roll at a time and cut into requisite strips. Then paste said strips, using very heavy paste thereto, working it well into the paper but not allowing the strips to saok too long. Now...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178720

Accession Number: 1978.199D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliage and flowers. Printed in two greens, two browns and gold on a light brown ground. Pebble embossed.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178721

Accession Number: 1978.199AB

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Meandering vine with stylized tropical flowers and seed pods. Printed in two greens, light blue, pink, grey and taupe. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178058

Accession Number: 2000.1621

School Book Cover

Fragment of masonry wallpaper, attached to portfolio cover. Printed in white, black on grey, ungrounded paper (greyish-green). (Back is covered with a paper in the Renaissance-Revival style, printed in whiet, red, green and pink on greyish-green ungrounded paper.)

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178059

Accession Number: 1966.197

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating, stylized floral sprig with entwined stem against a field of vertical and horizontal dashes. Printed in four shades of blue.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178060

Accession Number: 2000.158

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Meandering chestnut tree boughs with blossoms. Printed in three browns, cream and navy blue. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178061

Accession Number: 2000.1622

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized roses and irises in a geometric and curvilinear framework on a finely striped or woodgrain background. Printed in transparent washes of color - blue, green, brown and red on a graduated brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Shand Kydd Ltd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178062

Accession Number: 2000.331AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Portrait of George Washington in a triangle atop a pillar ornamented with a cannon and flags. Portrait is flanked by two columns holding urns with floral vines that form a canopy. Printed in ivory, green, blue, yellow, pink and red on gray ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178063

Accession Number: 2000.1619

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral bouquet and urn, floral garland / wreath. Embellished with swags of ribbon and bowknots on a background of vertical and horizontal lines of various thickness. Printed in three greens and white on engraved, plaid "woven" ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178064

Accession Number: 2000.285AB

Travel Curling Iron heater

Tin travel curling iron heater.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178065

Accession Number: 2000.1694

Wallpaper

Roll. Square grid of four-pointed stars designed to appear three-dimensional. Printed in dark grey.

Date: 1984

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178066

Accession Number: 2000.402a

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Large-scale design of palm trees and leaves. Printed in five shades of green, grey and ochre. Overprinted with dark green, modulating, horizontal lines to imitate grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178067

Accession Number: 2000.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped pattern of alternating diamonds and vines. Printed in orange/red on an ochre ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178070

Accession Number: 2000.2215

No image available

Wallpaper

Fragment. Too small a sample to decipher entire pattern, but there appears to be thin and narrow stripes along with flowers. Printed in brown, orange, black, blue and lavender on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178071

Accession Number: 2000.2212.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of floral swags, swags of beads and tassels. Printed in blue on a yellow ground. Yellow ground has faded to white where it is not covered.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178072

Accession Number: 2000.2214.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating pattern of geometric shapes like the hexagon, separated by flowers. Printed in two blues and white on light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178073

Accession Number: 2000.2211

Scrapbook

Rainbow scrapbook cover. A pattern of large scrolling foliage with flowers, vines with grape leaves and a column or cornucopia shape with an abundance of flowers bursting out and large acanthus leaves on the side. Printed in white and light taupe on an 'irise' ground of greens and pinks.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178074

Accession Number: 2000.2212

School Book Cover

Fragment of wallpaper mounted on a bookcover made of parchment. Printed in olive green flock on a crimson ground. The content of the book is that of a school primer or book or accounts.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178075

Accession Number: 2000.2213

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. This Renaissance Revival paper has a striped pattern with stacked colonnettes. The strapwork in between the colonnettes is referred to as 'ferronerie' for its resemblance to French Renaissance ironwork. Printed in tan, two blues, two browns, and cream on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178076

Accession Number: 1967.121.2b

Wallpaper

Top border of drapery swags fastened by circular medallions and embellished with small, four-lobed flowers. Another drapery swag above has cording and is fastened by a stylized, pointed flower. Top band features squares with stylized tulips. Printed in grisaille and mint green on a light green groun...

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178077

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1B

Wallpaper

Bottom border of horizontal stripes. Printed in grays, white and black on a light grey ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178078

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1C

Wallpaper

Landscape figure wallpaper featuring three different vignettes that alternate with a vase or basket of flowers. Between each vignette are narrow stipes with stylized flowers. The vignettes are of a fisherman, cows and a shepherd. Printed in grisaille on a light grey ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178079

Accession Number: 1950.M16.1A

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpapered fireboard with pattern of a meandering, floral vine with large leaves. Printed in gray, green and brown on a gray ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178080

Accession Number: 2000.2222A

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpaper border with continuous, floral vine with foliated scrolls and stylized leaves.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178081

Accession Number: 2000.2222B

Wallpaper

Mulitple fragments of wallpaper from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Pattern of thick and thin, intertwining C-scrolls framing floral bouquets. Printed in brown, tan, blue on a white satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178082

Accession Number: 1972.110.2

Tin fluid burner

Circular, tin fluid burner with five wicks.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178083

Accession Number: 2000.1699AB

Candlestick

Wrought iron hogscraper candlestick.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 178084

Accession Number: 2000.1700

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpapered fireboard with wallpaper pattern of one central motif of an overflowing bouquet of flowers in a bejewelled chalice with a bird encircling. Printed in white, grey, three pinks, three greens, three blues, yellow, peach, orange and brown.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178085

Accession Number: 2000.2221A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Reproduction of a French Neoclassical border from 1795. Pattern of Pompeiian scenes with classical motifs. Printed in aqua, black, orange, slate, blue and two greens on a brown ground.

Date: 1970

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178086

Accession Number: 2000.672

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large scale floral in two shades of beige with metallic gold berries. Printed on white polished ground on paper embossed with parallel wavy lines.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178087

Accession Number: 1918.936

Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction Gothic paper. Pattern consists of interior/exterior view of Gothic cathedral with arches, niches, quatrefoils, tracery, column in ruins set amongst trees. Prints in three greys, cream on light blue-grey ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178088

Accession Number: 2000.1420.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scene of mounted riders fox hunting with hounds. Engraved in green, blue, red, brown and yellow on tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178089

Accession Number: 2000.366