Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper presumed to be from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Figure of four small green diamonds with red diamond at the center on gray background is framed by diamond lattice. Roller-printed in green, red, gray and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291012

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper roller-printed in metallic gold on gray ground. Wider stripes with stylized flowering vine alternate with narrower stripes with geometric pattern.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291013

Accession Number: 2001.281.972

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4523, named "The Helena." White on blue damask pattern with floral bouquets and lace ribbon swags. Roller-printed in white and pale blue on blue ground. Paper has light ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 291014

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.1

"The Madonna Standing on Clouds with SS. Sixtus and Barbara"

Print of Raphael's "Sistine Madonna". Gilt frame with incised art nouveau crosses in each corner.

Maker: Reproduction of Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291044

Accession Number: 1951.215

Painting of Nasturtiums

Gouache painting of red and yellow nasturtiums with green leaves on brown paper. Plain gilt frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gouache (paint)

GUSN: 291056

Accession Number: 2014.18.1

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4528. Alternating stripes of green edged with a solid white line and line of white dots. Paper is embossed with floral sprays and flowers in baskets. Paper also has ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1910

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: embossed wall coverings, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291059

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.2

Print

Black and white print of cattle standing in a pasture, after a painting by Emile van Marcke, French painter of the Barbizon school who specialized in pastoral scenes of cattle. In varnished wood frame.

Maker: J. Eastman Chase (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291060

Accession Number: 1988.528

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4541, named "The Marseillaise." All-over fleur de lis pattern with narrow, uneven horizontal stripes through-out in imitation of a woven textile. Roller-printed in red on red, ingrain paper with visible wood pulp.

Date: 1910-11920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291061

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.3

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4542, named "The Paris." All-over fleur de lis pattern with narrow, uneven horizontal stripes through-out the pattern. Roller-printed in green on green, ingrain paper with visible wood pulp.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291062

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.4

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4544, named "The Marguerite." Pink and tan floral stripe wallpaper roller-printed in two pinks, red, two greens, mustard yellow and yellow on a liquid mica ground. Paper is lightly embossed with a ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 291063

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.5

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4547, named "The Regent." Alternating stripes of green are edged with solid white lines and lines of white dots. Metallic gold fleur de lis spaced at intervals. Roller-printed in pale green, white and metallic gold on green ground...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 291066

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.6

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4551. Red stripes roller-printed on light red ground with liquid mica. Paper is lightly embossed with water lily pattern and ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 291067

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.7

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4562, named "The Rochelle." Scrolling diaper-pattern with green waving vertical lines and faint light blue horizontal lines through-out the pattern to imitate a woven textile. Roller-printed in green and light blue on light green ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291068

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.8

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4563, named "The Calais." Scrolling diaper-pattern with dark red waving vertical lines and red pin dots through-out the pattern in imitation of a woven textile. Roller-printed in red and dark red on light red ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291069

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.9

Wallpaper Tracing

Three fragments of a tracing made by Dorothy Waterhouse of the parlor wallpaper, John Quincy Adams House, Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral pattern. Tracing made with yellow and blue colored pencils on tracing paper.

Date: 1967

Maker: Waterhouse, Dorothy S. (Maker)

Material: tracing paper, colored pencils

GUSN: 291070

Accession Number: 2001.281.974A-C

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Stuyvesant Manor" pattern by F. Schumacher & Company. Wallpaper has an all-over large-scale pattern of highly stylized flowers, foliage and berries. Roller-printed. Two colorways are present: 2001.281.813.1 -- Gold on a beige ground (#657B657-28); and ...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291077

Accession Number: 2001.281.813.1-.2

Photograph of Wallpaper in situ

Black and white photographic image of floral vine wallpaper in situ. Multiple photographs are pasted side-by-side to form one large image. The wallpaper pattern appears to be a block-print in a light color on a darker colored ground or unground colored paper.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291078

Accession Number: 2001.281.975

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number 5703 by F. Schumacher & Company. Wallpaper border has a roller-printed top band of small circles followed by a larger band of Neocassical rosettes framed by acanthus leaves. Below this is a band with a twisted ribbon and circle motif. Tw...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291079

Accession Number: 2001.281.814.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Lyre Bird" pattern by F. Schumacher & Company manufactured as part of their Hobe Erwin Editions line. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of peacock-like birds sitting on flowering tree branches. Neoclassical lyres are arranged around the branches...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291080

Accession Number: 2001.281.815.1-.2

Drawings of Waterhouse Wallpaper, Inc. Logo

Two artist's hand-drawn designs of Waterhouse Wallpaper, Inc. logo on drawing or draft paper. 2001.281.976.1 has orange background rendered with colored pencil. A single Waterhouse Wallhangings' logo, which includes the company's acorn logo symbol, rendered in black pencil. Handwritten on the ver...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: drawing paper, colored pencils

GUSN: 291082

Accession Number: 2001.281.976.1-.2

Wallpaper

Partial roll of floral wallpaper. All-over pattern of stylized flowers roller-printed in light yellow with metallic copper dots on peach ground. The background is roller-printed in metallic gold. The paper is embossed with a woven pattern.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 291875

Accession Number: 2001.281.1048

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction scenery figure wallpaper. Taupe colored c-scrolls with pink rose sprays frame four scenes. The four scenes are of an old man, leaning against a building, with a child on his lap; goats drinking at a body of water; ships on a body of water with a cityscape in the backgro...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291878

Accession Number: 2001.281.1049

Wallpaper

Partial roll of Rococo Revival wallpaper. Bright colored floral sprays in a framework of gray asymmetrical ruffled foliate scrollwork on white ground. Block-printed in two grays, green, blue, orange, purple, pink and dark red on white satin ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291883

Accession Number: 2001.281.1050

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper with all-over foliate pattern. Wispy foliate branches, reminiscent the William Morris "Willow" pattern, with small flowers. Roller-printed in two browns and metallic gold on ochre ground. Manufactured by Warren, Lange & Co., New York. Pattern number 2443.

Date: 1885-1892

Maker: Warren, Lange & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291888

Accession Number: 2001.281.1051

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of red floral wallpaper. Large-scale pattern of exotic flowers, foliage and fruit in dark red printed over a small-scale floral pattern in red on red ground. Block-printed in two reds on red ground. English.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291907

Accession Number: 2001.281.1052

Wallpaper

Partial roll of striped wallpaper. Solid tan stripes alternate with green trellis pattern stripes. Roller-printed in green, tan and dark red on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291908

Accession Number: 2001.281.1053

Wallpaper

Rolled fragmentl of Renaissance Revival stripe wallpaper. Stripes composed of scrolls, strapwork and scenery figures. Roller-printed in gray, red and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291909

Accession Number: 2001.281.1054

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of English floral wallpaper. Large-scale pattern of floral bouquet in hanging basket with pink and white roses, morning glories, daisies, and passion flowers. Roller-printed in white, six pinks, four greens, four blues, five browns, yellow and four purples on polished white ground....

Date: 1901

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291910

Accession Number: 2001.281.1055

High Chest

William and Mary style japanned high chest. The flat top has a full ogee molded cornice. The chest has two narrow drawers over three full width drawers with half-round drawer surround molding. The lower case has two square drawers and one central shallow drawer. The skirt is shaped with half circle...

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood), oak (wood), paint (coating), japanning

GUSN: 291911

Accession Number: 1971.72

Wallpaper

Partial roll of Gothic Revival wallpaper. Vertical gothic column with lancets, trefoils, acroteria and acanthus leaves that spring out from the seeds. Willowy sprigs frame the column. Honeycomb pattern in the background. Vertical column of rosettes and openwork form side stripes. Roller-printed in ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291912

Accession Number: 2001.281.1056

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of four porcelain teacups (a) and saucers (b) with polychrome flowers and leaves alternating with pink luster vines on a pink background. Pink luster band around rim.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291915

Accession Number: 1958.352.1AB

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused, all-over floral wallpaper. An Aesthetic-style floral paper with flowers in dark red, brown and purple and dense green foliage. Roller-printed in two yellows, red, dark purple, brown, black, white and dark olive on light olive ground. The American Wall Paper Manufacturers...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291917

Accession Number: 2001.281.1057

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of four porcelain teacups (a) and saucers (b) with polychrome flowers and leaves alternating with pink luster vines on a pink background. Pink luster band around rim.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291918

Accession Number: 1958.352.2AB

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of four porcelain teacups (a) and saucers (b) with polychrome flowers and leaves alternating with pink luster vines on a pink background. Pink luster band around rim.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291919

Accession Number: 1958.352.3AB

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of four porcelain teacups (a) and saucers (b) with polychrome flowers and leaves alternating with pink luster vines on a pink background. Pink luster band around rim.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291920

Accession Number: 1958.352.4AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with all-over scroll pattern. Stylized foliate scrolls alternate with floral scrolls. Three scrolls per paper width. Roller-printed in olive, brown, tan, silver liquid mica, peach liquid mica, yellow liquid mica on yellow ground. York Card and Paper Company logo and patt...

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 291923

Accession Number: 2001.281.1058

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with willow and flower pattern. All-over pattern of olive colored stylized willow branches and flowers accented in dark red and with metallic gold dots. Roller-printed in dark olive, dark red and metallic gold on olive ground. Pattern number 855 printed in the selvedge.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291935

Accession Number: 2001.281.1059

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper. Damask-style, large-scale pattern of highly stylized, flowers. Block-printed in yellow, gold and metallic gold on white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291984

Accession Number: 2001.281.1060

Reproduction Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused scenery figure wallpaper. Fragment depicts a river with steep banks. A village with large cathedral is on the near bank. A road with travelers winds toward the viewer. Printed mostly in shades of gray except for some highlights of color in a few elements of the pattern. ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291994

Accession Number: 2001.281.1061

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused wallpaper imitating moiré fabric with embroidery embellishment . Abstract printed pattern and paper embossed with ribbed pattern, give this wallpaper the look of moiré fabric. Stripes, resembling galloon braids, and floral vines, resembling embroidery, run vertically along ...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292007

Accession Number: 2001.281.1062

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral medallion wallpaper titled "The Hyppolyte Design." Large-scale floral bouquet in an urn is framed by garland of acanthus leaves, flowers and grasses. Ribbons with bow knots drape from the trellis figures. The pattern is block-printed in four shades of green on a bac...

Date: 1905-1920

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 292020

Accession Number: 2001.281.1063

Washstand

Washstand.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 292024

Accession Number: 1934.2925

Wallpaper

Partial roll of unused wallpaper printed with the "The Attica" pattern produced by Thomas Strahan and Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts. Large-scale damask pattern with central stylized thistle figure framed by strapwork and scrolling acanthus leaves. Thistle figures are flanked by urns with bow knot ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292030

Accession Number: 2001.281.1064

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of Neoclassical-style wallpaper printed with the "The Cupid" pattern. The Arabesque-style pattern is an airy, vertical panel printed with stylized floral and bead swags, acanthus scrolls and anthemion figures in white on a light cream ground. Small rectangular and round panels feat...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292032

Accession Number: 2001.281.1065

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper with Neoclassical-style tile pattern. Pattern of squares, or tiles, printed with female figures in classical garb with musical instruments. Figural tiles alternate with tiles depicting a harp. Block-printed in white and gray on light blue ground. Printed on heavy-wei...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292033

Accession Number: 2001.281.1066

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of embossed floral wallpaper. Large-scale, naturalistic floral bouquet tied with a ribbon. Flowers in the bouquet include poppies, tulips, daisies, hydrangea, and daffodils. Pattern is embossed and block-printed in multiple pinks, violets, yellows, tans, blues and greens on white p...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292037

Accession Number: 2001.281.1067

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of Richard E. Thibaut "Peerless" wallpaper. Pattern of medallions on a scrolling foliate background. The pattern imitates woven fabric with the aid of a background pattern of vertical stripes and dots and the block-like edges of the medallions. Roller-printed in blue, green, gold, ...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Richard E. Thibaut (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1068

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused floral wallpaper. Sprigs of a variety of different flowers, including tulips, pansies, and hydrangea, are roller-printed in a muted palette of pink, gray, cream, white and yellow to form all-over floral pattern. The paper is embossed with vertical ribbed texture and printed with...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292077

Accession Number: 2001.281.1069

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused paisley wallpaper with pattern name "The Chalons" produced by Becker, Smith and Page Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Colorful buta figures with stylized flowers and scrolling floral stems are printed over a patterned background to resemble fabric. Roller-printed in blue, green, ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292079

Accession Number: 2001.281.1070

Wallpaper Border

Partial roll of uncut wallpaper borders produced by the Robert Graves Co., New York. Two borders per roll width. Borders have a pattern of panels with rectangular cartouche framing flower figure and topped with a palmette. Roller-printed in white, blue-gray, gray and four browns on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292081

Accession Number: 2001.281.1071

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