Historic New England

Wallpaper border

Multiple fragments of wallpaper border from West Buxton, Maine. Pattern of white and brown, undulating, oblong figures resembling floating feathers. Block-printed in brown, white and black on laid paper. Fragments (a) and (b) attached to sidewall paper 2001.281.2.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288816

Accession Number: 2001.281.612.1A-F

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments with floral swag pattern from West Buxton, Maine. Floral figures and swags block-printed in orange and blue on light blue ground. Printed on uncut French book plates. Laid paper. For accompanying border fragments see 2001.281.612.1a-f

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288817

Accession Number: 2001.281.612.2A-D

Wallpaper

Small fragment of striped wallpaper. Block-printed in blue on peach ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288820

Accession Number: 2001.281.613

Wallpaper

Yellow and pink butterflies with black-tipped wings fly among loose sprays of flowers and grasses roller-printed in metallic gold and light blue, black, yellow, pink and gray on white ground. The paper is embossed with a horizontal rib texture.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288821

Accession Number: 2001.281.614

Wallpaper

Hand-drawn and colored wallpaper sample or pre-production mock-up. Asian figures and ceramic vessels, most on stands, on a striped background. Figures repeat, as a wallpaper pattern would, but the color of figures varies and placement is not exactly repeated. Figures are painted in greens, grays, ...

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 288884

Accession Number: 2001.281.615

Ceiling Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment printed with two ceiling corner figures from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Each corner figure is a stylized flower and palm fan placed at a 45 degree angle over a right triangle. The triangle is colored in yellow and peach and outlined in dark maroon. The outer edges of corn...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288885

Accession Number: 2001.281.616

Ceiling Wallpaper

Unused fragment of ceiling corner paper from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Corner figure features a central gold circle with floral bouquet flanked by scrolling leaves and flowers. From the center of the bouquet rises a fan-like figure that terminates with three branches with three leaves each. Belo...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288886

Accession Number: 2001.281.617

Newpaper printed on wallpaper

A page of the "The Stars and Stripes" newspaper, Thibodaux, Louisiana dated February 21, 1863, printed on wallpaper. Wallpaper pattern is a Renaissance Revival roller-printed floral pattern in powdery white and blue pigment on gray ground.

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288887

Accession Number: 2001.281.618

Newspaper printed on wallpaper

Front page, printed in French, and back page, printed in English, of "The Thibodaux Sentinel," Thibodaux, Louisiana dated December 13, 1862 printed on wallpaper. Wallpaper is printed with a Renaissance Revival pattern with central bouquet on a shelf surrounded by c-scrolls, strapwork and floral swa...

Date: 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288888

Accession Number: 2001.281.619

Advertisement printed on wallpaper

The advertisement, "For Relic Seekers," printed around 1895, is a reprint of the July 4, 1863 edition of the Vicksburg, Mississippi "Daily Citizen." It was distributed by the Gage Tool Company (1883-1919) of Vineland, New Jersey. Due to paper shortages during the siege of Vicksburg, the "Daily Citi...

Date: 1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288889

Accession Number: 2001.281.620A-D

Reproduction of newspaper printed on wallpaper

Two copies of a reproduction of the July 4, 1863 edition of the Vicksburg, Mississippi newspaper, "The Daily Citizen." Due to paper shortages during the siege of Vicksburg, the newspaper was printed on wallpaper, which this replica copies. The wallpaper is printed with a small floral medallion pat...

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288890

Accession Number: 2001.281.621.1-.2

Marketing Letter

Undated typed letter on Allen-Doane & Company letterhead. Letter describes screen printed reproduction wallpapers produced by company and provides information on how to order. Letter is included in folder cotaining loose wallpaper samples.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288892

Accession Number: 2014.2.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed i...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288893

Accession Number: 2014.2.3

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP2-316, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of octagons filled with stylized flowers and square medallions arranged in horizontal rows. Screen printed in green and rust on...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288894

Accession Number: 2014.2.4

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-378 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. Screen printed in white on a light...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288895

Accession Number: 2014.2.5

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-380, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover diaper pattern with stylized quatrefoils contained within diamond-shaped motifs. Screen printed in dark pink and white on a pink ground. ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288896

Accession Number: 2014.2.6

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-384 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of repeating octagons enclosing stylized flowers. Octagons are separated by square medallions composed of four palmette-shaped motifs. Scr...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288897

Accession Number: 2014.2.7

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-385, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of elongated quatrefoil medallions. Screen printed in metallic gold on a taupe ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288898

Accession Number: 2014.2.8

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-406 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. Screen printed in green and white ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288899

Accession Number: 2014.2.9

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample of wallpaper border manufactured by Bassett & Vollum of Chicago, IL. Pattern has repeating motif of highly stylized rococo acanthus leaves bordered by top and bottom horizontal lines. Screen printed in black, white and brown on a taupe ground. Probably a reproduction pattern. Sample wa...

Date: 1943-1963

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288900

Accession Number: 2014.2.10

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Abigail Adams" pattern produced by Warner Company. Wallpaper has an all-over floral sprig pattern of repeating stylized single flowers with leaves. Roller-printed in white, green, and light blue on a blue ground. Paper has a horizontal ribbed texture.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288961

Accession Number: 2001.281.718

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unsed sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Arnold Fenner House" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Two pieces (A) and (B). Wallpaper has narrow vertical stripes of abstract neoclassical-style patterns. Interspersed between stripes are highly stylized motifs with three large lobed leaves an...

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 289031

Accession Number: 2001.281.719AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Beau Brummel Stripe" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Wallpaper has 3/8" wide vertical stripes which repeat in two colors. Roller-printed. Six samples are present, each in a different colorway: .1 -- Gold on beige ground. No. 116449; .2 -- Gold on ...

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289043

Accession Number: 2001.281.720.1-.6

Mantel Clock

Mantel clock. Square black marble with rust red and pale orange rectangular panels inlaid on either side of face and along front edge of rectangular black marble base. Circular white enameled face with painted black roman numerals and blued steel hands, surrounded by patterned gilded copper alloy an...

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: Shreve, Stanwood & Co. (Retailer)

Material: marble (rock), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 289045

Accession Number: 2014.3.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Bissell House" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Wallpaper has circular medallions with eight leaves arranged in alternating rows on a background of pindots. Roller-printed in blue and light gray on a cream ground. Pattern is based on a roller-printe...

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289046

Accession Number: 2001.281.721

Wallpaper

Renaissance Revival style wallpaper from the Eliab Deane House in Middleboro, Maine. Fragment affixed to paperboard. Wide stripes composed of Renaissance Revival elements including strapwork, scrolls, floral swags, hanging beads, finials and medallions. The design of the stripes takes after ferrone...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289048

Accession Number: 2001.281.440.1D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Amelia" pattern with an all-over pattern of large floral sprays with roses and other flowers. Machine printed in three pinks, rose, mauve, four greens, lavender, purple and green-grey on an embossed white ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287239

Accession Number: 2000.976

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Hertford" pattern with an urn filled with a floral bouquet framed by ribbon and bow knows with tasseled cord entwined with grape vines. Machine printed in pale pink on a light mauve ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287240

Accession Number: 2000.977

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Acorn" pattern with oak boughs and acorns entwined with tulips and daisies. Block printed in tan on a beige ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris aand Co.

Date: 20th century

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287241

Accession Number: 2000.978

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Christchurch" pattern with an all-over design of flowering vines with blossoms and tendrils. Outline in blue on a field of blue pin dots and a white ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris & Co.

Date: 20th century

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287242

Accession Number: 2000.980

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Cresham" pattern with repeating grid of anemones, roses, and rose buds. Machine printed in two pinks, crimson, purple, lavender and trhee greens on a white ground.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287243

Accession Number: 2000.979

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments. Two rows of wallpaper border with repeating flowers printed in yellow, ochre, red, green, maroon, and tan against an embossed metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287244

Accession Number: 2000.1655AB

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Full pattern has alternating stripes of entwined floral vines framing a figure and a bird against a brown field and a trailing floral vine with stylized flowers. Printed in two browns, grey, blue, green, yellow, pink, and red.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287245

Accession Number: 2000.1681.1-.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of Art Nouveau floral wallpaper from Farmington, New Hampshire. Stylized rose vines and flowers form a trellis and medallion pattern. Roller-printed in two reds, pink, two greens and black on red ground. "The Grenfell / 986 / 9" printed in the selvedge. Manufactured by Becker, Smith & Page...

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287246

Accession Number: 2001.281.528

Windsor Side Chair

Birdcage Windsor chair with seven spindles and bamboo turnings on legs, stiles, and stretchers.

Date: 1805-1825

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker)

Material: tiger maple

GUSN: 287440

Accession Number: 2013.73.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs are evenly spaced on a gray ground. Three different floral sprigs are represented, each sprig in its own row and the sprigs in each row alternating mirror images of each other.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287455

Accession Number: 2001.281.529

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs figures with small bell-shaped flowers are evenly spaced on a beige ground. The fragment is torn in two.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287456

Accession Number: 2001.281.530AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded foliate and berry figures with delicate trailing vines on light blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287457

Accession Number: 2001.281.531

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from Hollis, New Hampshire. Stripe pattern has stylized stalk with leaves growing from either side, one side white, the other black. Between the stalks is an undulating line of white pin dots line that runs around and between black and white stylized flower heads. Bloc...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287459

Accession Number: 2001.281.532

Wallpaper

Fragments of a French wallpaper from New Hampshire. Neoclassical pattern featuring a cherub in front of a gazebo with festoons and sprays of roses. Block-printed in black, white, olive, red, and blue on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment B includes a border fragment with a pattern...

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287460

Accession Number: 2001.281.533A-F

Brocatelle Fragment

Brocatelle fragment, with Renaissance Revival urns and dragons in red on a yellow ground. The large fragment is stitched together from one small and one large fragment. Four patches on back.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), bast

GUSN: 287463

Accession Number: 2010.30.1.4

Bandbox

Large round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Paper has repeating pattern of thin horizontal background stripes and pindots arranged in a geometric pattern. Paper also has framed vignettes depicting a rural countryside with deer. Block printed in green and browns on a cream ...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287488

Accession Number: 1919.395AB

Bandbox

Rectangular wooden bandbox (A) and pasteboard lid (B). Box and lid are covered with wallpaper with all-over pattern of stylized flowers and large leaves against a background of meandering lines and pin dots. Printed in blue and back on a white ground. Box is lined with plain paper. Rim of lid is cov...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287489

Accession Number: 1920.69AB

Bandbox

Round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Wallpaper has large-scale framed vignettes of neoclassical urns and swags. Paper is badly faded but may have originally been printed in browns and white on a gray ground. Lid is damaged

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287490

Accession Number: 1980.100AB

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper with scrolling orange floral design on a gray patterned background. Lined with "The Union" newspaper (Washington) dated July 18, 1852.

Date: 1852-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287494

Accession Number: 1953.482AB

Bandbox

Flattened wall of bandbox lacking both bottom and lid. Covered in wallpaper with repeating stylized floral and vine motifs block printed in white on a yellow, green and blue irise background. Lined with newspaper

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287497

Accession Number: 1953.485

Box with pincushion lid

Oval pasteboard box (A) with lid (B). Box and rim of lid are covered in a French block printed wallpaper from 1810-1815. Wallpaper has repeating quatrefoils interspersed with large stylized flowers. Printed in gold, green, ink and red on ungrounded paper. Lid is a domed fabric pincushion. Pasted ins...

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287498

Accession Number: 2001.120AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the home of President Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Tile pattern of alternating medallions and foliate sprigs in squares. Pindots outline the squares and fill the corners of the squares with sprigs. Block-printed in green and white on pink ground. Wove paper, partial she...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287499

Accession Number: 2001.281.534

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral wallpaper from Hudson, New Hampshire. All-over, floral vine pattern in which several varieties of flowers, including morning glories, climb on thick branches. Roller-printed in two grays, black, white, and blue on ungrounded paper. Fragments affixed to paperboard.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287560

Accession Number: 2001.281.535AB

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper fragments with diaper pattern from Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Intersecting gold diagonal lines form a diamond pattern. The diamonds each frame a gold cross. There is a small black diamond with a quatrefoil figure at each intersection of the gold diagonal lines in the pattern. Pap...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 287565

Accession Number: 2001.281.536AB

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