Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Alternating vignette of a pagoda with a fruit tree enclosed by a fence alternating with a vignette of an urn and ginger jar on a stepped base. Printed in green, blue, black, grey, white, pink and mauve.

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178036

Accession Number: 2000.1632

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small Ashlar background with vertical stripe of kylix alternating with cluster of grapes and leaves. Prints in two greys, cream, brown on taupe ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178037

Accession Number: 2000.1428

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small-Ashlar background with vertical stripe of kylix alternating with cluster of grapes and leaves. Prints in two greys, blue, green, white on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178038

Accession Number: 2000.1427

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating vignette of a pagoda and weeping willow tree raised above water and accessed by a winding staircase. Printed in four greys.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178039

Accession Number: 2000.160

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pagoda on pillars raised above water with steps leading to a blossoming willow-like tree. Printed in three greys.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178040

Accession Number: 2000.1631

Wallpaper

Partial roll. View of terrace with balustrade and arcade framed by trees, shrubs and woodland plants. Printed in brown, burnt umber, raw sienna, ochre, light green, two olive greens, violet, grey and blue. Printed over field of mottled tan. Overprinted with gold dashes. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1935

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

GUSN: 178041

Accession Number: 2000.122

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in light blue, brown, beige on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178042

Accession Number: 2000.1434

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in blue-green, two greys, white on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178043

Accession Number: 2000.1435

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in aqua, white, two greys on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178044

Accession Number: 2000.1436

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in mauve, grey on light yellow ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178045

Accession Number: 2000.1432

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Two alternating vignettes: mill-like structure with waterfall; three children playing or dancing. Prints in two greys on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178046

Accession Number: 2000.1433

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Peony bouquet surrounded by delicately rendered strapwork, scrolled foliage and floral garland. Prints in green, blue, white, red, pink, two greys on light pink ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178047

Accession Number: 2000.1431

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Peony bouquet surrounded by delicately rendered strapwork, scrolled foliage and floral garlands. Prints in two greens, orange, two pinks, mauve, cream on taupe ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178048

Accession Number: 2000.1430

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Vertically repeating urn with flower bouquet separated by Greek meander strip edged with brattishing. Printed in tan, ochre, pink and white.

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178049

Accession Number: 1985.297c

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Tile paper in four designs: foliated medallion with bellfowers; position figure within an oval frame; bird framed by foliated scrolls; and winged head within a circle with shells. Printed in blue, tan, green, light blue and black on unground varnish paper.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178050

Accession Number: 2000.364

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Otis Garland--Partial roll of uncut borders. Continuous row of repeating, sprig flowers, including tulips and daffodils above a row of brattishing. Printed in green, orange, ochre, steel blue, grey, red, pink and black.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178051

Accession Number: 2000.309

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Arcaded panels with a field of sprigs separated by a narrow stripe of leaves and sprigs topped by alternating feather and shell motifs. Printed in black, ochre, pink, white and green.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178052

Accession Number: 2000.1663

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Ogee-shaped losenges in a moire effect framing clusters of poppy-like flowers. Fragment A is printed in coral, salmon, brown, peach, white and three greens. Fragment B is printed in greens and pinks.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178053

Accession Number: 2000.401AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous band of pink peonies with scrolling foliage. Printed in two pinks, rose, two greens, and yellow on a burgundy field.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178054

Accession Number: 2000.307

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous band of pink peonies with scrolling foliage. Printed in two peaches, red and three greens against a blue field.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178055

Accession Number: 2000.306

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous band of salmon, beige and rose peonies with red, plum and tan scrolling leaves. Printed against a green field.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178056

Accession Number: 2000.308

Wallpaper

Fragment. Renaissance Revival style. Varieties of bouquets alternate vertically and are next to broad stripes made of scrolls and rectangular cartouches. Printed in maroon, two pinks, two blues, green and grey on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178057

Accession Number: 2000.288

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Meandering vine with stylized tropical flowers and seed pods. Printed in two greens, light blue, pink, grey and taupe. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178058

Accession Number: 2000.1621

School Book Cover

Fragment of masonry wallpaper, attached to portfolio cover. Printed in white, black on grey, ungrounded paper (greyish-green). (Back is covered with a paper in the Renaissance-Revival style, printed in whiet, red, green and pink on greyish-green ungrounded paper.)

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178059

Accession Number: 1966.197

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating, stylized floral sprig with entwined stem against a field of vertical and horizontal dashes. Printed in four shades of blue.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178060

Accession Number: 2000.158

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Meandering chestnut tree boughs with blossoms. Printed in three browns, cream and navy blue. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178061

Accession Number: 2000.1622

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized roses and irises in a geometric and curvilinear framework on a finely striped or woodgrain background. Printed in transparent washes of color - blue, green, brown and red on a graduated brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Shand Kydd Ltd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178062

Accession Number: 2000.331AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Portrait of George Washington in a triangle atop a pillar ornamented with a cannon and flags. Portrait is flanked by two columns holding urns with floral vines that form a canopy. Printed in ivory, green, blue, yellow, pink and red on gray ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178063

Accession Number: 2000.1619

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral bouquet and urn, floral garland / wreath. Embellished with swags of ribbon and bowknots on a background of vertical and horizontal lines of various thickness. Printed in three greens and white on engraved, plaid "woven" ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178064

Accession Number: 2000.285AB

Travel Curling Iron heater

Tin travel curling iron heater.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178065

Accession Number: 2000.1694

Wallpaper

Roll. Square grid of four-pointed stars designed to appear three-dimensional. Printed in dark grey.

Date: 1984

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178066

Accession Number: 2000.402a

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Large-scale design of palm trees and leaves. Printed in five shades of green, grey and ochre. Overprinted with dark green, modulating, horizontal lines to imitate grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178067

Accession Number: 2000.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped pattern of alternating diamonds and vines. Printed in orange/red on an ochre ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178070

Accession Number: 2000.2215

Wallpaper

Fragment. Too small a sample to decipher entire pattern, but there appears to be thin and narrow stripes along with flowers. Printed in brown, orange, black, blue and lavender on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178071

Accession Number: 2000.2212.2

Wallpaper

Used fragment. Rose or peony and foliage with possible quatrefoil and scrolls. Prints in red, green, white on grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178427

Accession Number: 2000.350.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Border with delicate floral vine pattern and a horizontal braid or guilloche pattern. Printed in white, brown/red, black and tan on a blue ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178428

Accession Number: 2000.379.1BC

Wallpaper

Fragments. A simple rainbow paper with stylized foliage / medallions. The ground is a solid grey and the woodblock printed the irise effect. Blended in white, five or more shades of blue on a grey ground

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178429

Accession Number: 2000.379.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. A moire pattern with static and undulating lines. Printed in grey on a brown ground. There is also an undecipherable attached border.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178430

Accession Number: 2000.379.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped pattern with flowers. Printed in grey on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178431

Accession Number: 2000.379.4AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Clusters of roses cut out of wallpaper. Printed in two pinks, red, two greens and maroon on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178432

Accession Number: 2000.595A-D

Wallpaper

Six wallpaper fragments. Woodgrain stripe bordered below by guilloche and bead and reel. Printed in ochre and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178433

Accession Number: 2000.622A-F

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Quatre foils printed in taupe and two browns framing striped fleur-de-lis and heraldil lion. All outlined in metallic gold on dark brown ground and embossed paper.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178434

Accession Number: 2000.627AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Repeating grid of pink and yellow floral sprgs on a field of grey and taupe meandering vines. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178435

Accession Number: 2000.1642

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Neo-grec inspired paper with anthemeions framed by a wreath of flowers, foliage and ribbon. Printed in salmon, white and dark geay on a light grey ground.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178436

Accession Number: 2000.355

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pale beige-pink paper printed with allover, web-like design in silver liquid mica.

Date: 1905-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178437

Accession Number: 2000.135

Wallpaper

Partial roll. White lace stripes alternating with tan, plain stripe and white floral vine stripe.

Date: 1902-1923

Maker: Syracuse (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178438

Accession Number: 2000.167

Wallpaper

Diamond patterned printed in blue on grey/beige ground.

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178440

Accession Number: 1965.172D

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper. Large cabbage roses surrounding view of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Printed in several greens, blue, two, pinks, rose, white and grey. Drop repeat?

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178441

Accession Number: 1972.120C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover repeat of rosettes connected by stylized ribbon and enclosing tri-lobed foliate design to create a hexagonal grid. Printed in red and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178442

Accession Number: 1968.73

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe printed in maroon and blue alternating in grey moire stripe on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178443

Accession Number: 1971.177.2

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