Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape scene of rural town with church and mill. Cows drinking from a duck pond in foreground. Printed in four greens, brown, tan, salmon, blue and yellow on unground paper, overprinted with black pin dots.

Date: 1900-1919

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178249

Accession Number: 1919.310

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern in imitation of ironwork with Renaissance mounts and ormolu floral motifs at crossbars. Printed in brown, tan and sienna on a blue field and unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178250

Accession Number: 1922.1090

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of four vertical panels; diamond-trellis, stylized leaf with berry leaf and floral. Printed in pink, red, green, black, white on blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178251

Accession Number: 1923.205

Bandbox

Square, pasteboard bandbox. Landscape figure paper with scene of mother and child in a garden. Son is in a chair with wheels (from a chariot) and mother pulls him along. Block printed in red, varnish green and white on a yellow ground. Strip of Renaissance Revival paper on each side. Border on lid f...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178252

Accession Number: 1923.211AB

Bandbox

Oval, wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in floral and foliate paper. Pink and white flowers with green leaves. Printed in red, pink, white and two greens on a blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178253

Accession Number: 1946.123AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical stripes with vertical repeat of stylized floral elements. Background of faint narrow stripes. Printed in red, green, pink, black and brown on a peach ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178254

Accession Number: 1967.118

Wallpaper

Large-scale birds and foliage and vines printed in blue. Paper has tan, irregular, horizontal striations to suggest grass cloth or woodgrain.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178255

Accession Number: 1969.458A-D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Four spandrels form circular panels of fresco paper or ceiling paper. Corner sprays connected to berried vines with grisaille beaded moulding. Printed in two purples, lavender, red, rose, two pinks, three greens, tan, white and two greys on polished white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178256

Accession Number: 1971.191

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Pinecone element sprouting scrolled plumes or foliate forms. Printed in blended red and blue on white ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178257

Accession Number: 1971.196

Wallpaper

Fragments. Framed scene of church by the water, bridge. The geometric frame is juxtaposed with surrounding floral elements. Three greys, black, light green and white on a light grey ground. Straight match?

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178258

Accession Number: 1971.198

Wallpaper

Fragment. Circular gilt ornament with beaded frame and decorated with foliate scrolls, bellflower festoon and fleur-de-lis. Printed on a field of grey dashes on a light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178259

Accession Number: 1971.206

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of a vine of leaves and berries, probably a grape vine. Embossed and gilt. Gold on a grey ground. There is a small piece of crimson flocking (probably another layer).

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178260

Accession Number: 1971.58

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover grid of blue flowers with buds on tan stems. Ground field comprised of grey, narrow, horizontal pinstripes on beige polished ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178261

Accession Number: 1973.109

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating compartments or octagons of stylized flowers and framed by delicate scrolls and interlaced lines. Printed in red, black, pale yellow on unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178262

Accession Number: 1976.135

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous band of blue roses and white blossoms entwined with a vine against a blue field with undulating edges and flanked by brown stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178263

Accession Number: 1976.136

Wallpaper

Three unused partial rolls and half-width sample. Floral stripe pattern composed of alternating stripes of flowers with ribbon-like motif gathered with flowers and inset with two birds on branches. Prints in red, pink, two greens, beige, brown on cream ground. "A" is end of roll. Drop repeat.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178264

Accession Number: 1978.213A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral with vertical stripe. Wide stripe with flowers is edged by zig-zags of pin dots, narrow stripe has a columnn of horizontal dashes. Yellow, gold, green, white on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178265

Accession Number: 1980.204

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of allover quatrefoils, formed by C-scrolls, with diamond centers. Printed in blue, white and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178266

Accession Number: 1980.210

Wallpaper

Fragments. Tile design of alternating squares with stylized foliate forms and geometric patterns and rosettes at the intersections. Printed in ivory, pink, green, rose and liquid mica on pink paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178267

Accession Number: 1980.213

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, small-scale floral sprays in light grey and metallic gold (discolored) on a dark grey ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178268

Accession Number: 1980.247

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) with lid (B). Repeating abstract pineapple or pinecone motifs. Printed in yellow and red on a blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178269

Accession Number: 1980.90AB

Bandbox

Oval, wooden bandbox without lid. Covered in paper with an Ahslar pattern. Rectangles are formed by scrolling foliage. In each block is stylized foliage with a pinecone motif. Printed in green, black and grey on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178270

Accession Number: 1980.91

Bandbox

Large, oval, pasteboard bandbox with attached hat stand. Paper pattern is of a bird on a swinging vine with dots, bouquets and floral swags. Printed in green, pink, white on a blue ground.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178271

Accession Number: 1980.99AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of flocked and gilded border. Pattern consists of fig leaves and figs wrapping around fluted column, edged with small C-scrolls on top and dots on bottom. Printed in gold with green flocking on blueish-green ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178272

Accession Number: 1985.22

Wallpaper

Cut sample of a diapered patterned wallpaper. Diamond shape motif alternates with stylized flower. Printed in white, green and red on blue-green ungrounded paper. Printing is off register. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178273

Accession Number: 1985.23

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Small repeating roses printed in two pinks, yellow, grey and white with green and varninsh green leaves. Printed on mauve ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178274

Accession Number: 1985.28

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Ashlar or Masonry patterned paper. Repeating rectangular cartouches with C-scrolls and wavy lines, imitating marble, on a speckled ground. Printed in two blues, white, red and mica on a light blue ground.

Date: 1910-1915

Maker: Alfred Peats Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178275

Accession Number: 1996.29

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large, gilt, Neo-Grec elements composed of roses in a rose supported by a cylix, framed by arabesques draped with rose garlands and separtated by smaller gilt rose and urn motifs. Printed against a field of imitation silk moire printed in grisaille.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178276

Accession Number: 2000.124

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bamboo and drapery. Printed in blue, pink, grey, black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178124

Accession Number: 1966.462B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border of floral sprigs in varnish green and black alternating with varnish green and black and grey leaves. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178125

Accession Number: 1985.30

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper border. Continuous row of tulips, daffodils and peonies, bordered above and below by brattishing. Printed in two greens, two blues, pink, red, yellow and white.

Date: 1960

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 178126

Accession Number: 2000.312

Wallpaper

Block printed, gathered net drapery. Printed in blue, pink, green and black on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178128

Accession Number: 1985.685

Walllpaper

Fragment of wallpaper border from the entrance hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Printed in green, brown, white and gray on yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178129

Accession Number: 1971.135.2.2

Wallpaper border

Fragment of China trade border from the entrance hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Consists of delicate floral vine and chain stripe. Prints in pink, white, blue and black on pink (?) ground.

Date: 1798-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 178130

Accession Number: 1971.135.1.2

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper from the entrance hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Pattern of red dots on yellow ground paper (pattern is indecipherable).

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178131

Accession Number: 1971.135.2.1

Wallpaper

Five fragments of China trade paper from the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Consists of delicate floral and stripe motif, printing in green, pink, blue, brown and black on light colored ground. Appears to be light pink under border.

Date: 1798-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178132

Accession Number: 1971.135.1.1

School Book Cover

Almanac cover with a stylized sprig pattern with a white dash background. Printed in white, green and black on an ungrounded paper. Printed with three blocks.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178133

Accession Number: 1970.60

Wallpaper

Optical illusion three-dimensional block design with their vertical lines and chains. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178134

Accession Number: 1971.187.2

Wallpaper

Rainbow paper. Vertical stalks with allover pattern of pomegranates that alternate with oak leaves and acorns. Blended red, blue, yellow and white on a light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178135

Accession Number: 1971.187.4

Wallpaper

Sprigs with globes surrounded by vertical dashes. Black white, grey printed on grey ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178136

Accession Number: 1971.187.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeated fleur-de-lis and ornamental elements separated by dashed lines. Printed in black and white on tan ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178137

Accession Number: 1971.195.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Brown, joined scrolls in-filled with liquid mica diaper pattern and connected by floral chains in cream and brown on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1906

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178138

Accession Number: 1971.195.1

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Design of continuous white and red flowers connected by rinceaux. Printed in green, white and red on grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178139

Accession Number: 1971.214.1B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of composite layers. One piece is two layers of the same paper. (One is in better condition than the other.) The design is of a stylized floral element with framing scrolls and wave scrolls. Green, two pinks, taupe and white on a brown ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178140

Accession Number: 1971.214.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overall floral pattern with a vertical winding branch, running the length of the paper. Printed in grey and red on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178141

Accession Number: 1971.214.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Oriental floral with pagoda pattern. Printed in red, two pinks, tan, beige and green on black ground. (Undetermined repeat)

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178142

Accession Number: 1972.120B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tropical floral with large leaves printed in multiple shades of green, purple, red, turquoise, pinks and brown on ochre background. (Undetermined repeat)

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178143

Accession Number: 1972.120A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Portion of grisaille landscape figure paper - young man (Watteau-like) in ribboned hat playing a lute outdoors. Alternates with medallions and woman seated (see 1972.121A).

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178144

Accession Number: 1972.121B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille vignette of woman wearing a bonnet, seated outdoors with basket of flowers. Alternates vertically with floral medallion and pinecones and elliptical medallion enclosing an urn. This also alternates with scene of a boy with lute. See 1972.1216

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178145

Accession Number: 1972.121A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with attached border. Orange and black geometric blocks formed by chained rows on a grey ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178146

Accession Number: 1973.115.1

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