Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Blended yellow, orange and red floral medallions against a blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177976

Accession Number: 1981.287A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Repeating blue, foliate medallions with grape or berry clusters on a field of meandering, blue vines. Printed on a pink ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177977

Accession Number: 1981.288A-E

Wallpaper

Fragments. Gathered drapery design in grisaille with green foliate wreaths framing pink and green rosettes. Printed in two greys, white, two greens and pink on a grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177978

Accession Number: 2000.374A-C

Two fragments of unused wallpaper. Elipticat lozenges with white floral medallions and berried vines on a green field of identical medallions and berried vine in green. Printed on gray ground. Straight match.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177979

Accession Number: 2000.645AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Rows of vertically repeating, stylized flower bouquets with entwined stems. Printed against grey stripes. Printed in yellow, green, grey and liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1895-1915

Maker: Illinois Wall Paper Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177980

Accession Number: 2000.1634

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover foliate design of grey and blue leaves with grey, curveilinear branches and surrounded by radiating, maroon pin-dots. Printed on an unground paper.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177981

Accession Number: 2000.369

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pillar and Arch design. View through an arch and colonnade of a church spire, which some believe is one by Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe it is the Old North Church, Boston, MA. Printed in two browns and tan.

Date: 1906-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177982

Accession Number: 1919.350

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gothic design inspired paper consisting of ogee-arch medallions and crockets. Prints in two greys, white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

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

GUSN: 177983

Accession Number: 2000.1426

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Two rows of uncut borders with repeating sprays of red roses and rosebuds supported by C-scrolls and diapered fill. Printed in maroon, red, pink, two greens, black and white liquid mica.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pittsburg Wallpaper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177984

Accession Number: 2000.164

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of white, imitation silk moire.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177985

Accession Number: 2000.133

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Flamboyant Gothic design of repeating arches decorated with scrolled foliage and central cartouche. Prints in whtie, dark grey on light grey ground.

Date: 1900-1917

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

GUSN: 177986

Accession Number: 2000.1441

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Striped design of vertically repeating foliate cruciforms with moire stripe. Printed in two grays and beige on a polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177987

Accession Number: 2000.608

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of green, grey, red and liquid mica speckles. Printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177988

Accession Number: 2000.278.14

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern formed by losenges of simple grey and white vines enclosing centered light green quatrefoils. Printed on a field of grey.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177989

Accession Number: 2000.168

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern with a very simple, stylized vine and a vertical stripe of flowers and foliage. Printed in two greens, two purples, ochre, burgundy, taupe and grey on a white, polished ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177990

Accession Number: 2000.328

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Grey stripe with vertically repeating clusters of grey and white flowers alternating with stripe composed of vertical row of quatre-foils within ogee frames. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177991

Accession Number: 2000.1646

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped floral pattern. Undulating stripes of lace and foliage with floral bunches between them. Background of allover sprigs. Printed in pink, two purples, white, three greens, two reds and blue on a mauve ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177992

Accession Number: 2000.341

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rose sprig formed by C-scrolls and surrounded by foliated strapwork. Printed in green, maroon and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177993

Accession Number: 2000.275

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Tapestry design of a stag hunt. Scene of a deer chased by hounds through a wooded glen. Pritned in two greens, tan, two browns, yellow, blue, lavender and white and overprinted with a tan screen pattern.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177994

Accession Number: 2000.655

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Imitation needlework design of repeating flower motifs. Printed in yellow and brown and overprinted with a white screen/grid.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177995

Accession Number: 2000.148

Wallpaper

Two partial wallpaper rolls. Small-scale diaper pattern formed by comma-like curves with mini quatrefoils at intersections and centers. Printed in dark grey. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1950

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

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177996

Accession Number: 2000.173AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Stripe of entwined green roses alternating with narrow stripe of scrolling berried vine. Printed in three greens and green liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177997

Accession Number: 2000.120

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large-scale, stylized flowers sprouting continuously in a vertical row. Framed by lush leaves. Printed in olive, pink, blue, black and cream in imiation of tapestry or woven carpet. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: Howell & Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177998

Accession Number: 2000.123

Wallpaper

Unused end of a roll of wallpaper. Scenery figure with views of a spired and turreted building next to a body of water. Scenic views are framed by a fantastical structure of bridges, trees and meadows. Printed in three browns, three greys, two greens, ochre, light blue, red and white on a white, sat...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177999

Accession Number: 1917.143

Wallpaper

Partial roll of uncut borders. Continuous row of rose blossoms alternating with chrysanthemum blossom and separated by cornflowers. Printed in maroon, red, rose, two olive greens and yellow above a row of black fluting.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: New York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178000

Accession Number: 2000.156

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three borders. Continuous and meandering floral branch with a top and bottom band of stylized flowers. Printed in white, red, gren, yellow, black, light brown on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178001

Accession Number: 2000.326

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Vertically repeating rows of floral sprigs enclosed by delicate foliate vines tied with a bow knot ribbon. Printed in three greens.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178002

Accession Number: 2000.165

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Dense, overlapping foliage, like wheat, grass and papyrus and pin dots. Printed in periwinkle and gold on a light blue ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178003

Accession Number: 2000.330

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover foliate, willow or bamboo design. Printed in yellow with metallic gold on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178004

Accession Number: 2000.382

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Densely arranged floral vine with berries and scrolling foliage. Printed in olive, tan, yellow, and maroon on a solid, metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178005

Accession Number: 2000.143

Wallpaper

Two rolled pieces. Vertically repeating bouquets of flowers framed by foliated rococo C-scrolls. Printed in maroon and red.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178006

Accession Number: 2000.139AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of large-scale, floral vine with peony-like blossoms. Printed in crimson.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178007

Accession Number: 2000.157

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale motifs of grape leaves, grapes, tendrils and palm fronds. Prints in three greys, ochre on white ground.

Date: 1930-1940

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

GUSN: 178008

Accession Number: 2000.1438

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale pattern of grape leaves, grapes, tendrils, and palm fronds. Prints in two greys, brown, pink on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

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

GUSN: 178009

Accession Number: 2000.1437

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Green and white sprigs framed by a jagged diamond, metallic silver framework.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Benton Heath & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178010

Accession Number: 2000.272AB

Wallpaper

Fragments (2). Overall foliate and floral pattern. Printed in green and grey on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177660

Accession Number: 1969.339.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe pattern with central arabesque pattern. Scrolling foliage as framework around an urn with a garland of greens held up by griffins. Printed in green, red, white on a grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177661

Accession Number: 1969.339.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Foliate paper. Printed in green, olive on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177662

Accession Number: 1969.339.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of a vertical, stylized floral/foliate motif with a crown of small flowers and ending in a bell flower. Motif is surrounded by a foliate wreath. Printed in green, fushia and silver mica.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177663

Accession Number: 1969.339.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with an overlapping, asymmetrical framework of rectangles and circles and dense foliate including cherry blossom branches. Printed in brown, two greys, cream and green-gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177664

Accession Number: 1969.340.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of allover, thin, meandering branches with flowers and leaves. Printed in orange, brown-red and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177665

Accession Number: 1969.340.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of large, but delicate, scrolling foliage and floral swags. Printed in silver and gold mica, and light grey on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177666

Accession Number: 1969.340.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Art nouveau pattern of roses on thorny stems. The paper stock of the rose pattern has the texture of an oatmeal paper and the ground is printed with brown striations that imitate grass cloth. Printed in two greens, red and brown on an unground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177667

Accession Number: 1969.340.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Embossed design of floral ornament of 3-lobed shape with leaves, thistles, cross and fleur-de-lis as embellishments. Printed in gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177668

Accession Number: 1969.340.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern has faded almost completely, but there are vertical stripe lines, pin dots and sprigs. Printed in green, black, white on a bluish green ground. Tax stamp on verso. Also on verso notes and drawings relating to this paper and 1969.341.1.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177669

Accession Number: 1969.341.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Large foliate pattern with pin dots. Printed in red and white on a cream underground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177670

Accession Number: 1969.341.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pattern of a central medallion framed by a diamond shape of flowers surrounded by a larger foliate vine, also in a diamond shape. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177671

Accession Number: 1969.341.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of an undulating, feathered ribbon with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white and green on a pale green or blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177672

Accession Number: 1969.342.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Pattern of vertical stripes with sprigs. Printed in two pinks, white, green on a blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177673

Accession Number: 1969.342.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (4). Samples are too small to see any distinct motifs except leaves and pin dots. Block printed in white and red on a cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177674

Accession Number: 1969.342.2

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