Historic New England

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral medallion wallpaper. Interconnecting medallions of roses or peonies that are linked to alternating medallions of a lacy, floral and leaf design by a vine and boss figure. Printed in greys and whites on grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177435

Accession Number: 1987.348

Wallpaper

Cut sample of striped wallpaper. Brown and white stripe with leaf design alternates with green and brown stripe decorated with scalloped edge. Separating these stripes is a wider stripe of brown and white, with leaf and scalloped edge designs. Printed in two browns, white, and green on light brown g...

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177436

Accession Number: 1987.350

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenery figure wallpaper. Scrolled leaf pattern with vignettes of a castle and people riding in a horse-drawn cart. Printed in greens, white, reds, brown on tan ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177437

Accession Number: 1987.337

Wallpaper

Cut sample of wallpaper with allover floral pattern consisting of yellow roses and yellow rosebuds with green and brown stems. Printed in two yellows, brown, green, and white on white ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177438

Accession Number: 1987.352

Wallpaper

Cut sample of "Cameo" wallpaper. Figures of man and woman together and separately inside cameo, alternating with bouquet of flowers. Printed in pink, purple, brown, and white on light green ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177439

Accession Number: 1987.367

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral and leaf wallpaper. Buff ground with pattern Printing in three browns and red on buff ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177440

Accession Number: 1987.339

Wallpaper

Cut samle of Neoclassical, Drapery-styled wallpaper. Small, star-shaped patterning of background. Design consists of swags and tassels alternating with a circular garland, inset with a woman in classical attire, seated with lamb on lap. Printed in three greens, two pinks, tan, and cream on beige gro...

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177441

Accession Number: 1987.365

Wallpaper

Cut sample of wallpaper. Allover design of roses and sprigs highlighted by black pin dot patterning. Printed in yellows, greens, brown, and black on white ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177442

Accession Number: 1987.141

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenery wallpaper with views of Mount Vernon, Boston and another city. Printed in blues, greens, white, pink and brown on bluish grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177443

Accession Number: 1987.136

Wallpaper

Cut sample of pastoral scenic, wallpaper. Boken-line patterned background. Scene shows woman with flowers, alternating with straw hat filled with flowers. Printed in light brown and white on grey ground.

Date: 1945-1950

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177444

Accession Number: 1987.364

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral and scrolled wallpaper. Allover design of flowers and vines surrounded by patterned scrolls. Printed in yellows, pinks, two greys, red, and white on light grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177445

Accession Number: 1987.338

Wallpaper

Cut sample of plain textured pink wallpaper.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177446

Accession Number: 1987.347

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral wallpaper. Pattern of floral bouquets, garlands, and trailing sprigs. pattern. Printed in pinks, red, greens, blue, lavender, and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Jones & Erwin (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177447

Accession Number: 1987.138

Wallpaper

Cut sample of landscape figure wallpaper with white diapered patterning. Scenery stripe alternates with floral stripe. Scene depicting woman churning butter alternates with small, floral bouquet. Printed in yellow, light orange, green, white, and black on beige ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177448

Accession Number: 1987.361

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral vine wallpaper. Design of curving vines with roses and peonies. Printed in white and grey on grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177449

Accession Number: 1987.346

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of ship at sea alternating with scene of stone house and bridge. Scenes are separated by alternating medallions of roses and tulips. Printed in white, browns, beige and pink on blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177450

Accession Number: 1987.355

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral and ribbon, machine printed wallpaper. White ground with pattern of roses and wheat sheaf. Printing in reds, yellows, green and black. Undulating lace, ribbon prints in grey.

Date: 1925-1945

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177451

Accession Number: 1987.131

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Meandering floral and vine pattern. Prints in mauve, orange, red, brown, green, white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1985-1990

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177452

Accession Number: 2000.50

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern with scrolled, stylized foliage framing rose. Printed in red, pink, two greens and white on a green ground.

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177453

Accession Number: 2000.554

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Circular medallions, composed of C-scrolls, encircle flowers. Diaper pattern. Printed in pink, two reds, three greens, white, black, liquid mica, two greys on a grey/white ground. Embossed.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177454

Accession Number: 2000.556

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper depicting soldier leaving behind his farm to join the war; vignette separated by laurel wreath and cap with feather. Diapered background. Prints in mauves, green, brown, ochre on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179335

Accession Number: 1985.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vignette of shepherd or shepherdess kneeling with goats alternates with vignette of two birds. Diapered background. Prints in red, pink, mauve, green, blue, grey on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179336

Accession Number: 1985.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper depicting French shepherdess with sheep and dog alternates with a vignette of flowers in basket. Prints in two pinks, red, three greens, two blues, two greys on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1955

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179337

Accession Number: 1985.857

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper depicting Governor's Palace and Capitol in Williamsburg, Virgiinia. Prints in three greens, blue, two pinks, white, tan on beige ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179338

Accession Number: 1985.855

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of framed rectangles inset with American eagle with halo of seven stars, surrounded by undulating ribbons and stars. Prints in metallic gold, two greys, black on white ground.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179339

Accession Number: 1985.867

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Neoclassical design of scrolled foliate garlands, floral medallions, ribbon and kylix. Prints in metallic gold on green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179340

Accession Number: 1985.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of vertically repeating bouquets of wheat and fruit in urn, flanked by a stripe of foliated hearts. Prints in taupe, black, purple on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: Inez Croom, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179341

Accession Number: 1985.860

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Scenery figure paper depicting two Japanese women at chest filled with ceramics; alternates with vignette of painted vase on stand; separated by tree branches. Prints in two greens, metallic copper, grey, black, yellow on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179342

Accession Number: 1985.861

Wallpaper

Unused sample, possibly the end of roll. Pattern consists of vertically repeating motif of urn filled with wheat and fruit, alternating with urn filled with coneflowers flanked by a vertical stripe of foliated hearts. Prints in dark pink, white, taupe, cream on light pink ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: Inez Croom, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179343

Accession Number: 1985.872

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Chinoiserie inspired paper. Large-scale octagons framed with scrolling leaves and inset with a vase and a grouping of fruits and flowers (peonies, grapes, apricots) with bird and butterfly. Prints in beige, tan, three pinks, two blues, black on white, woven-textured ground.

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179344

Accession Number: 1985.871

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Vignette of a boy with net and woman with bucket of fish in a small boat fishing, alternating with a pagoda. Printed in pink, white, black and green.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179345

Accession Number: 1985.657

Wallpaper

Unused, incomplete sample. Tile pattern with scenes depicting Paul Revere's ride and accompanying text "Hang a Lantern aloft/in the belfry arch/of the North Church/tower as a signal light. One if by land/Two if by sea/and one on the opposite shore will be." Prints in white on brown ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179346

Accession Number: 1985.862

Wallpaper

Unused sample/roll. Vertically-striped paper consisting of ribbon-like bands over marblized ground. Prints in two blues, pink, red, black, gold, grey on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179347

Accession Number: 1996.88

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Leaf pattern in pindots, overprinted with mottled design. Printed in three browns, metallic gold, green on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179348

Accession Number: 1996.100

Wallpaper

Five fragments of paper. Meandering floral pattern. Prints in red, metallic gold, two blues, green, brown, pink on light blue ground. Floral embossed paper.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179349

Accession Number: 1996.97A-E

Wallpaper

Pre-cut sample. Vine leaf with berries. Prints in blue, green, red, black, brown, metallic gold glitter on beige ground.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179350

Accession Number: 1996.101AB

Roll

Unused roll. Floral border on mottled background. Prints in red, blue, metallic gold, brown, blue, pink on beige ground. Floral textured embossed paper.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179351

Accession Number: 1996.103

Wallpaper

Unused sample/roll. Stripe pattern with imitation net weave. Prints in beige or silver mica on beige ground. Net weave embossed paper.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: Campbell (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179352

Accession Number: 1996.102

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Pattern consists of foliage wrapping around pole; interspersed with egg & dart motif; edged with geometric design.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179353

Accession Number: 1996.82

Wallpaper

Pre-cut samples of border roll. Flowers set within fretwork, edged with foliate and floral bands. Prints in red, pink, beige, gold, green on mica ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179354

Accession Number: 1996.79A-C

Wallpaper roll

Unused roll. Allover, dense pattern of stylized leaves, rendered in a pencil sketch manner. Prints in brown, green, light ochre and grey on ivory, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179355

Accession Number: 1996.81

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Imitation Chinese silk pattern. Printed in pink, blue, white, black on tan, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179356

Accession Number: 1996.84

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Imitation Chinese silk pattern. Printed in pink, brown, gold, blue on tan, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179357

Accession Number: 1996.83

Roll

Unused sample/roll. Design consists of alternating groups of cattails with trees in background. Prints in two greens, white, mica gold (?) on green/beige ground.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179358

Accession Number: 1995.96ab

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Mottled design. Printed in pink, grey, silver mica on beige ground.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179359

Accession Number: 1996.78

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Scenic paper of cranes flying over marsh. Prints in two greens, white, gold, yellow on light green ground.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179360

Accession Number: 1996.95

Wallpaper

Small roll of border. Peony with geometric-styled leaves. Prints in two pinks, blue, green, gold, black, grey on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179361

Accession Number: 1996.80

Roll

Unused, small roll. Scrolled foliate medallions with rose inset. Prints in green, white, gold, pink on tan mica, embossed ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179362

Accession Number: 1996.85

Wallpaper

Unused sample/roll. Large-scale rose garland with trellis background. Printed in three reds, pink, three greens, blue-grey on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Liberty Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179363

Accession Number: 1996.87

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample/roll of border. Vine-like flower with delicate, scrolled foliage. Prints in two pinks, mica (?), dark red on ungrounded, light orange paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179364

Accession Number: 1996.89

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