Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. This Neo-grec style paper features black, spherical vases with gilt fretwork handles, decorated with floral sprays and garlands. Stripes are formed by twining gilt with stalk with yellow ears. Printed in yellow and black with gold dust on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177656

Accession Number: 1969.337.6A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Aesthetic border with dense foliage and a top band of squares and horizontal stripes.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177657

Accession Number: 1969.337.7C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large floral frieze with top and bottom bands of acanthus leaves and mouldings. Printed on a texture paper to simulate a textile. In orange, blue, olive, black, red, mauve, beige and khaki on an olive ground.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177658

Accession Number: 1969.337.7B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. No pattern visible except for white, pin strips on a grey ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177659

Accession Number: 1969.338.1

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

Fragment. Appears to be part of a vertical stripe consisting of white wide and narrow bars grouped to alternate with rows of white dots flanked on the left with vertical row of dots (beading) and on the right with foliate design.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177823

Accession Number: 1971.205.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover loose leaf pattern in red on white ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177824

Accession Number: 1971.205.2

Wallpaper

Fragmanet. Green stylized flower head within concave-sided diamond and framed by four elliptical leaves. Perhaps an allover medallion repeat? Printed on pink paper which serves as the ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177825

Accession Number: 1971.205.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Berried foliage in green and white surrounding a diaper patterned panel. Perhaps scroll or strapwork ? Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177826

Accession Number: 1971.205.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeat of small grey rods flanked by two white dots and wide yellow border at left.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177827

Accession Number: 1971.205.1A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border of flowers (poppies), blades of grass printed in three blues on white ground.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177828

Accession Number: 1971.201

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper of continuous, white ogees enclosing stylized foliate elements and framed by white scrolls. Overprinted with fine grid pattern.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177829

Accession Number: 1971.202

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripe and rose sprigs. Two grey stripes flanking two rows of black dots alternating with rose sprigs on a grey pin stripe field. Printed on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177830

Accession Number: 1971.203

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation grass cloth printed in brown, tan and black on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177831

Accession Number: 1971.204

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern ground, with floral medallions. Printed in blue, light blue and yellow on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177832

Accession Number: 1986.1185.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes (some scalloped) with sprigs. White and mustard printed on a beige ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177833

Accession Number: 1986.1185.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Neat tan vines with brown berries framing repeated design of crosses and circles (+0+0+0) and alternating with beige flowering vine. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177834

Accession Number: 1915.141.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaerp fragment. Small flowers printed in red and brown with tan and brown leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177835

Accession Number: 1915.141.10

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Arts and crafts stylized floral element in three greens, red and metallic gilt on a field of tan and beige organic abstract shapes which may suggest grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177836

Accession Number: 1915.141.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Repeating flower blossoms accented with dotted spirals. Printed in green, red on a grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177837

Accession Number: 1915.141.1

Wallpaper

Newburyport newspaper from 1847 that was used as liner between wallpaper layers.

Date: 1847

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177838

Accession Number: 1915.141.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe, continuous meandering rose vine in pink, maroon and green alternating with row of geometric shapes in two greys on white ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177839

Accession Number: 1915.141.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern. Losenges formed of ivory zig-zag lines framing ivory and brown sprigs on yellow ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177840

Accession Number: 1915.141.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Cabbage roses in pink, red and white with three green foliage and light blue tendrils. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177841

Accession Number: 1915.141.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. All over meandering floral vine with red, salmon, yellow, tan and white blossoms and smaller flowers and berries in light blue. Printed on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177842

Accession Number: 1915.141.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Repeating foliate scroll ornaments in ochre, tan and green liquid mica on a field of narrow green stripes over printed with brown pin-dots, all on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177843

Accession Number: 1915.141.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Squares formed by white pinstripes and green and white grid at intersections with green and white flower blossoms on edge. Squares enclose white amorphous pin-dot shapes. Straight repeat.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177844

Accession Number: 1911.146

Wallpaper

Two fragments of leaves and cornucopia paper. Prints in blended red, ochre and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177845

Accession Number: 1971.211

Wallpaper

Newspaper fragments. Section of 1875 classifieds and crime notices.

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177846

Accession Number: 1915.141.11

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of three daisies and ormolu mounts. Printed in white, grey, ochre, light brown, black on a brown ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177847

Accession Number: 1972.108B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Geometric, stripe pattern with diamonds and stylized floral vines.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177848

Accession Number: 1972.108A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating pine cone or pineapple motif alternating with small flower. Printed in black and orange on a cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177849

Accession Number: 2000.393

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Alternating bouquets and vignettes of landscape with palms, river and mountains. Printed in yellow, olive, beige, pink and white on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177850

Accession Number: 1971.59

Wallpaper

Hand blocked border. Gathered net design printed in orange, red and green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177851

Accession Number: 1969.575.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the General Samuel McClellan House, South Woodstock, Connecticut. Red and pink flowers with green foliage surrounded by grey Rococo scrolls on polished white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177852

Accession Number: 1969.575.2

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border block-printed continuous rose vine. Printed in orange, pink, blue and two greens. A second flocked, floral border was installed on top of this one (see 1969.575.2b).

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177853

Accession Number: 1969.575.2a

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border. This is the second border, applied on top of the first, associated with the same sidewall paper (see 1969.575.2 and 1969.575.2a). Trailing white and pink rose vine. Leaves and thorns are flocked in two greens and tan. Vine is entwined by ribbon printed in two blues. Mar...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177854

Accession Number: 1969.575.2b

Wallpaper

Second layer of unseparated wallpaper sample. Alternating circular and octagonal panels framing figural composition, vertical division with stylized anthemia printed in green, white, red and yellow on grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177855

Accession Number: 1971.183.2

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