Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Frieze paper. Imitation brocade. Acanthus scrolls with blue floral terminals and roses in an urn bordered by floral garlands on a pin-dot field. Printed in blue, green, red, orange and yellow on ivory ground.

Date: 1902-1910

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177070

Accession Number: 1969.790A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Large climbing roses in two pinks, green and metallic gold with blue hydrangeas on beige and grey striated ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: G.W.P. Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177071

Accession Number: 1969.798A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Arts and crafts stylized floral - waterlily. Printed in green, olive, two browns and yellow on a striated field printed in light olive and khaki.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177072

Accession Number: 1969.577.4A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of medallions enframing floral sprigs and alternating vertically with vignettes of Colonial Williamsburg: couple promenading around a pond and men lawn bowling. Printed in blue, two greens, red, rust, tan and white on beige ground.

Date: 1934-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177073

Accession Number: 1969.790B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Persian stylized foliate elements embellished with beading and scrolls. Printed in matte khaki, green, ochre and pink contrasting with metallic blue, pink, copper and gold. Printed on grey matte ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177074

Accession Number: 1969.577.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Green moire stripe. Dark green horizontal stripes with moire pattern in green liquid mica on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177075

Accession Number: 1969.792A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral boughs imposed over white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in light olive, yellow, pink, blue and gold on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177076

Accession Number: 1969.577.8A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral boughs over white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in light olive, yellow, pink, blue and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177077

Accession Number: 1969.796A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border. Stylized flowers and medallion bordered by horizontal border of geometric elements and rows of quatrefoils. Printed in green, pink, blue and metallic gold and red on a beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177078

Accession Number: 1969.799

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of an allover, Anglo-Japanese framework with stylized flowers, concentric circles and rosettes. Printed in a goldish green, brown, red on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177079

Accession Number: 1969.577.10A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, large-scale, stylized foliate with small delicate leaves and larger lobed forms radiating outward from stems. Printed in olive, green, pink, maroon and white and gold liquid mica on peach ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Janeway & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177080

Accession Number: 1969.577.9

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral stripe. Allover floral boughs on a field of white liquid mica undulating stripes and bordered by continuous sprig stripes. Printed in yellow, ochre, pink, tan and white. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177081

Accession Number: 1969.797

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral stripe. Allover, floral boughs on a field of white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in yellow, ochre, tan, white, pink and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177082

Accession Number: 1969.577.16

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Allover pattern of metallic gold starbursts with red, dotted centers. Printed on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177083

Accession Number: 1969.789A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Allover design of stylized floral/ snowflake forms. Printed in light olive and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177084

Accession Number: 1969.577.6

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover pattern of large-scale apple blossoms and boughs. Printed in white, tan, pink, grey and metallic silver on pale yellow-orange ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177086

Accession Number: 1969.791B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral sprays of lilacs, irises, peonies, and other flower blossoms. Printed in tan, grey, salmon, olive and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177087

Accession Number: 1969.577.12

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral, poppies, daisies and wheat, printed in light green, grey and white and outlined in metallic gold on pale pink ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177088

Accession Number: 1969.786A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Large-scale, allover foliate with feathers. Printied in liquid mica copper, silver, gold and pink on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177089

Accession Number: 1969.577.13A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped paper. Pink, white, blue and liquid mica grey stripes on light pink ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177090

Accession Number: 1969.789B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeated cluster of three flower heads printed in two pinks, white and grey against a field of dotted ovals and on a blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177091

Accession Number: 1969.795B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical stripe. Bands of small dotted elements alternating with narrow stripes bordering abstract leaf shapes. Printed in green and liquid mica on white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177092

Accession Number: 1969.787B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Clusters of apples, grapes and wheat printed in two pinks, taupe, tan and beige on pink ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177093

Accession Number: 1969.788B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Sprays of grass in cadmium red, grey and silver liquid mica loosely arranged on a beige ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177094

Accession Number: 1969.794B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeated floral medallion enclosing bellflowers and separated by Tudor rose elements. Printed in white, green and beige on grey-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177095

Accession Number: 1969.793B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Diaper pattern formed by tan and taupe ivy vines enclosing green, taupe and beige medallions on green-grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177096

Accession Number: 1969.796B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale lilac boughs and blossoms. Printed in brown, tan, blue and metallic gold on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177097

Accession Number: 1969.577.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral brocade. Printed in olive, burnt sienna, orange, salmon and blue on maroon ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177098

Accession Number: 1969.577.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rose wreaths enclosed within liquid mica and ochre cartouches joined by petite, foliate vines imposed against light blue stripes on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177099

Accession Number: 1969.577.15

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical stripe. Broad green stripe bordered by two narrow stripes in same color on green ungrounded pulp paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177100

Accession Number: 1969.788A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical maroon stripe on maroon unground pulp paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177101

Accession Number: 1969.787A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Green ingrain paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177102

Accession Number: 1969.792B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover pattern of large-scale apple blossoms and boughs. Printed in white, tan, grey, yellow and metallic silver on pink ground.

Date: 1934-1945

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177103

Accession Number: 1969.798B

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Anglo-Japanese ceiling wallpaper. Stylized flowers within octagons and surrounded by alternating fields of stylized sprigs and concentric circles. Printed in tan, pea green and maroon on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177104

Accession Number: 1969.794A

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Continuous horizontal beading over bead and entwined ribbon. Printed in brown, white, red and blue on beige ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177105

Accession Number: 1969.792D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design of delicate scrolls entwined by a vine with blue, yellow, and peach colored blossoms.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176905

Accession Number: 1985.821A-C

Wallpaper

Rolled sample of Anglo-Japanese paper. Allover design of flowers, cherry blossoms and tropical foliage on a field of irregular shaped, geometric patterns. Printed in red, maroon, black, yellow and olive.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176906

Accession Number: 1985.806

Wallpaper

Partial roll of allover, stylized flowers and pinecones. Printed in brown, black, yellow and white. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176907

Accession Number: 1985.781

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover, densely arranged willow boughs in burnt sienna and burnt umber with small, metallic gold flowers. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Warren, Lange & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176908

Accession Number: 1985.810

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Allover design of stylized anthemion framed by flowers and scrolling floral vines. Printed in pale yellow and metallic gold on a light blue background. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176909

Accession Number: 1985.768

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating bouquets of buttercups (?) with acanthus scrolls printed in two yellows on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

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

GUSN: 176910

Accession Number: 1985.827

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of grisaille rushes entwined with pink morning glories. Design overprinted with fine white pinstripes. Printed in four pinks, three greys, white, yellow and light blue.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176911

Accession Number: 1985.789

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. View of two urns on pedestals framed by tree branches and rhododendron foliage and blossoms. Printed in three greens, light blue, rose, two mauves, beige and grey. Overprinted with a grey net design to create woven tapestry effect. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176912

Accession Number: 1985.802

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Coffered design in imitation of plaster work. Large quatrefoils framing trophies composed of drums, flags, horns, pikes and swords. Printed in charcoal grey and white. Straight match.

Date: 1970-1975

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176913

Accession Number: 1985.801

Wallpaper

Partial roll of entwined foliate scrolls with stylized flower buds. Printed in peach. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176914

Accession Number: 1985.812

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral design of tulips, poppies and morning glories with foliage and berries. Printed in ochre, yellow, green and pale green against a "crazed" metallic gold field. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176915

Accession Number: 1985.847AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Heavily embossed, large-scale, baroque, floral design with pine center and lush, scrolling foliage. Printed in pale yellow and yellow on a mustard yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176916

Accession Number: 1985.845