Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating fan motif alternating with geometric elements. Printed below a row of beading and above row of suggested dentil moulding. Printed in metallic gold, pink, blue, olive green, yellow and Indian red on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Dresser, Christopher

GUSN: 176616

Accession Number: 1985.26.813

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scrolling vine with stylized flowers, heart shaped leaves and leaves with scalloped edges. Printed in two pinks, light blue, ochre, brown and metallic gold on and embossed grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Dresser, Christopher

GUSN: 176617

Accession Number: 1985.26.814

Wallpaper

Unused sample of ceiling paper, corner portion. Stylized Egyptian motifs such as lotus flowers and leaves. Printed in blue, two reds, grey, brown, black, white, gold embossing on tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Probably Dresser, Christopher

GUSN: 176618

Accession Number: 1985.26.4

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grid formed by diagonally repeating stylized flower elements. Reverse printed in crimson with crimson horizontal lines which create tapestry design on maroon ingrain paper. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176619

Accession Number: 1985.26.101

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, densely arranged, floral design. Flowers and vines decorated with multiple patterns, dots, dashes, scaling, dog-tooth. Printed in maroon, red, yellow, brown and tan on olive ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176620

Accession Number: 1985.26.611

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn draped with bellflower swags alternating with foliate scrolls and anthemions bordered above and below by rows of repeating squares and rosettes. Printed in light blue, brown, metallic gold and metallic copper on an embossed, beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176621

Accession Number: 1985.26.67

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by blue scalloped lozenges with grey foliated sprig outlined in gold framed by white foliated lines. Printed on a blue ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176622

Accession Number: 1985.26.254

Wallpaper

Anglo-Japanese border, aesthetic style, with cherry blossoms; fret work, exotic flowers, and asymmetrical lattice. Printed in light blue, three pinks, grey, ochre, cream, and silver.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176623

Accession Number: 1985.26.140

Wallpaper

Paper with winding fence with small pagodas or gazebos. Cherry blossom branches weave through the fence. Printed in two greys, pink, pale orange, black, and gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176624

Accession Number: 1985.26.148

Wallpaper

Cherry blossoms, fret-work, hybiscus, and asymmetrical lattice. Printed in light blue, three pinks, grey, taupe, cream, gold, on a greenish grey ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176625

Accession Number: 1985.26.158

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquet of roses and poppies framed by scrolls. Printed in two browns, tan, ochre, and crimson on a wood-grained, varnished ground.

Date: 1875-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176626

Accession Number: 1985.26.352

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn draped with bellflower swags, alternating with anthemion flanked by foliate scrolls and bordered above and below by rows of repeating squares and rosettes. Printed in tan, brown, metallic gold and metallic copper on an embossed beige ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176627

Accession Number: 1985.26.65

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous bough of peach or plum blossoms with butterflies against a metallic copper crazed field. Printed in pale peach, pink, white, grey tan, metallic copper and gold on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176628

Accession Number: 1985.26.129

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Japanese-inspired design consists of iris and peony mingled with scrolls which have various animal forms, sucn as dolphin, bird, and swan (?) on them. Printed in two greens, mauve, pink, yellow, and three browns on light brown ground. Varnished.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176629

Accession Number: 1985.26.320

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pink and blue roses ornamented with foliate scrolls and open fretwork. Printed in pink, rose, red, three blues, yellow, tan, taupe and brown on a buff colored ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176630

Accession Number: 1985.26.364

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover baroque floral pattern. Has a pastel-like quality. Printed in orange, yellow, pale blue, tan and maroon on olive ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176631

Accession Number: 1985.26.609

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonally repeating, Baroque-stylized flowers, acanthus scrolls and diapered strapwork. Printed in orange, maroon and metallic gold on a red, pebble embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176632

Accession Number: 1985.26.625

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anthemion framed by acanthus leaves, foliate scrolls and draped with bellflower swags. Printed in liquid mica and outlined in metallic gold on an embossed, beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176633

Accession Number: 1985.26.69

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of repeating foliated losenges against a field of metallic gold, diapered stripes and overprinted with black diagonal screen. Printed in Indian red, taupe, black and metallic gold on a blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176634

Accession Number: 1985.26.791

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Torches draped with swag and framed with stiff-leaf wreath below a lunette of bellflowers and above a row of rosettes and scrolls. Printed in pale yellow, yellow and outlined in metallic gold on a tan, liquid mica ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176635

Accession Number: 1985.26.805

Wallpaper

Cut sample of Egyptian Revival style border. Pattern consists of geometric shapes, including concentric circles, stylized fans, lotus leaf and dentils. Prints in yellows, reds, pink, blue, gold, dark red on light ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176636

Accession Number: 1985.26.854

Wallpaper

Border with bat (?), flowers, and tropical plant forms against a field of geometric and stylized floral patterns. Printed in brown, black, red, blue, taupe, and metallic gold. Paper embossed with short, perpendicular lines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176637

Accession Number: 1985.26.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern fromed by scrolled vines enclosing geometric floral medallion. Printed in red and blue on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176988

Accession Number: 1967.169

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Grisaille landscape vignette of one seated woman, one woman standing with basket of flowers and boy kneeling playing bowls.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176989

Accession Number: 1967.177

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure. Woman under a rose trellis playing with a dog. Scene is framed by serpentine ribbons. Printed in two pinks, varnish green and white on blue ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176990

Accession Number: 1967.179

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Vertical repeat of stylized foliate vine separating patera, rayed flowers and elliptical medallions. Printed in two pinks and green on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176991

Accession Number: 1967.206

Wallpaper

Fragment. Part of the paper "Diana". This pattern is Neoclassical or Adam style with urns, floral swags, scrolling foliage and a medallion with a rosette. Printed in white and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: Hovey, Joseph (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176992

Accession Number: 1967.181

Wallpaper

Landscape figure wallpaper with alternating scenes of a pagoda and boy and girl fishing in a boat. Vertical stripes of foliage frame the scenes. Very stylized sprigs are in the background. Printed in pink, green, black, and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176993

Accession Number: 1976.92.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of sprig pattern wallpaper. Printed in blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176994

Accession Number: 1967.209

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper patterned wallpaper. Large-scale diamond pattern alternates with stylized flower. Printed in dark red, blue and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176995

Accession Number: 1967.208

Wallpaper

Fragment of narrow borders. Guilloche pattern formed of a feathered band and floral band. Printed in pink, black and white on a blue ungrounded paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176996

Accession Number: 1967.182

Wallpaper

Fragments of uncut border with leaves and berries edged by a band of vertical diamonds and bellflowers.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176997

Accession Number: 1967.176

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Long vertical stripe pattern with bundles of wheat. Printed in two greens, brown and orange on a white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176998

Accession Number: 1967.187.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover diaper pattern with stylized leaf and floral ornament and outlined by pindots. Printed in orange, green and white on an unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176999

Accession Number: 1967.187.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral elements in green and white with white foliate scrolls and small green floral medallion. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177000

Accession Number: 1967.189.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Oval medallion edged in continuous wave scrolls enclosing red and green diamond and quatrefoil ornament and alternating with red and green losenge. Ground field composed of foliate design outlined in blue pindots on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177001

Accession Number: 1967.189.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe of grey narrow horizontal bands alternating with vertical vine stripe edged in green dots. Printed on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177002

Accession Number: 1967.189.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Floral stripe of green and maroon rose sprigs tied with meandering ribbon and bordered by green and maroon cable, alternating with stripe of green horizontal bands with scalloped edges. Printed on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177003

Accession Number: 1967.189.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe. Small purple and green grape vine alternating with white woodgrains. Printed on buff or unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177004

Accession Number: 1967.189.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized three-petaled blossoms set into salmon Neo-Grecian or Arabesques on a blue field.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177005

Accession Number: 1967.189.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over roses and foliage printed in orange, rust, brown and green on an olive ground

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177006

Accession Number: 1967.189.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stylized foliage - medallion. Printed in green on yellow field.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177007

Accession Number: 1967.189.1

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments. Medallion pattern (made of floral and foliate wreaths) with a daisy in the center. Medallon is surrounded by rinceaux. Printed in pink, red, yellow and beige on a green ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177008

Accession Number: 1967.193.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Flowers on a branch with scrolling foliage. Pindots provide a shading effect. Printed in two blues, brown, tan and red on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177009

Accession Number: 1967.193.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with diamonds inside each losenge enjoined by four-pointed ornament embellished with diamond embrattishing. Printed in orange, purple, light green, grey and white on a natural unground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177010

Accession Number: 1967.193.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Background field has an allover pattern of small ovals with a rose bush. Edged by a vertical column of a vine with leaves and a band of rose bunches separated by a rectangular cell of colored dots. Printed in pink, red, two greens and white on a natural ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177011

Accession Number: 1967.193.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with concentric diamonds and flowers. Printed in purple, brown-red and peach on a white unground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177012

Accession Number: 1967.196B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with concentric diamonds and flowers. Roller printed in purple, green, brown and light blue on a white unground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177013

Accession Number: 1967.196A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Design of six-sided cells with rosette inside. Diamonds, with fleurions inside, separate the cells. Printed in red, taupe, white and brown on a light brown ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177014

Accession Number: 1967.204.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with scalloped lines and pin dots. Inside each losenge is a three-lobed form with jagged edges and enclosed is a fleur-de-lis type ornament. Printed in blue, pink, orange-yellow, red and light blue on a white ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177015

Accession Number: 1967.204.1

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