Historic New England

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor drawing of wallpaper in the "neat stripes and vines" motif. Blue on cream paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286793

Accession Number: 1917.161

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with three bands in varying tones of gray. May have been a window shade sample.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286794

Accession Number: 1916.138

Wallpaper fragment from Massachusetts featuring a rose bouquet medallion alternating with a scene of a bird on a branch with berries. Background pattern of rosettes and pin dots. Block-printed in pink, dark pink (or red), gray and white with light and dark green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286795

Accession Number: 2001.281.502

Wallpaper

Unused samples. Panel with swags and cherubs frolicking with a lioness, alternating with a panel with an urn. Printed in gray-green and brown on ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286796

Accession Number: 1966.2137A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment, joined at central motif, with large scale design of quatrefoils and C-scrolls printed in brown, tan and white on light blue ground, framed by blue reverse printed foliate pattern. One additional layer of paper underneath.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286797

Accession Number: 2000.361

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border with ribbon swag on engraved ground printed to simulate woven cloth. Block printed in four greens on pale green ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286798

Accession Number: 2000.327AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Japanese leather paper fragment with heavily embossed design of meandering floral vines with birds perched on the stems. Printed in metallic gold against a red ground.

Date: 1884-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286799

Accession Number: 2000.1685

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper with all over design of leafy vines entwined with climbing rose vines with pink blossoms. Block pritned

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286800

Accession Number: 2000.1688A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with stylized floral vine pattern from Townsend, Massachusetts. Stylized vines or branch with light-colored leaves undulate up the paper. Red flowers and berries highlighted with gold accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, black, olive, metallic gold and gray on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286801

Accession Number: 2001.281.503

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating rows of three-lobed leaves with flower blossoms. Printed in green and black.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286802

Accession Number: 2000.1691

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample in the "Crace Tile" pattern. Large tile design of quatrefoils framed by interlaced and tri-lobed floral elements. Block printed in orange and peach on an aubergine ground. Manufactured by Cole & Son, London. Originally printed by J. G. Crace, England, 1850-1860.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286804

Accession Number: 2000.861

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Strawberry" pattern by Cole & Son (London) featuring diagonally repeating strawberry plants with flowers and berries printed in green, white, pink and yellow and outlined in metallic gold. Block printed on a striated navy blue ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286811

Accession Number: 2000.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286813

Accession Number: 2000.865

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Crace Diaper" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by fleurons within lozenges with stylized flowers at the intersections. Block printed in pale grey-green on a white ground. Based on a pattern designed by Augustus W. N. Pugin for J. G. Crace (...

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286814

Accession Number: 2000.868

Wallpaper

Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286817

Accession Number: 2001.281.505AB

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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 century

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: 1970-1979

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 century

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 century

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 century

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: 1970-1979

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 century

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: 1970-1979

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: 1970-1979

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: 1970-1979

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: 1970-1979

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 century

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 century

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 century

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287066

Accession Number: 2000.905

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with yellow and white stripes on a cream ground. Machine printed. Produced by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287067

Accession Number: 2000.907

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with stylized navy blue tulip sprigs against a diapered field composed of small pin dots. Machine printed on a cream ground. Produced by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287069

Accession Number: 2000.908

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with a diaper pattern composed of small green and beige striped leaves within dotted lozenges against a field of beige stripes. Produced by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287070

Accession Number: 2000.909

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with a grid formed by small repeating stylized tulip sprigs. Printed in two grays on a cream ground. Produced by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287071

Accession Number: 2000.911

Wallpaper

Floral trail and stripe wallpaper from the Captain John Kendrick House, Wareham, Massachusetts. First layer of paper from the north room on the second floor, removed during mid-1970s restoration. A black floral vine with gray-green blooms undulates across regularly placed floral stripes. The flora...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287072

Accession Number: 2001.281.518.1A-I

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of grisaille oak leaves beneath a scalloped border. Machine pritned in two greys on a cream ground. Produced by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287073

Accession Number: 2000.910

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