Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment (1 of 3) of foliate wallpaper. Various leaves (including oak), berries and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179112

Accession Number: 1998.15C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of reproduction wallpaper with entwined flowering vine with dotted serpentine stripe and dotted circles with scrolled edges. Cream on unground or plain varnished paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179113

Accession Number: 1990.606

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two sheets of reproduction diaper patterned wallpaper. Pale yellow diamonds formed by zig-zag edges on unground paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179114

Accession Number: 1990.605AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of early 20th-c. reproduction paper. Continuous leafy vine alternating with diaper patterned stripe. Printed in white on blue/grey paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179115

Accession Number: 1990.618

Wallpaper

Fragment. Petite-scale pillar and arch design. Fluted columns with decorative keystone arches framing floral bouquest in an urn. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179116

Accession Number: 1990.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric tile pattern of circular floral medallions within octagons alternating with squares enclosing stylized foliate medallions. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179117

Accession Number: 1990.614

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped design. Field of four white dots (in clusters) alternating with vertical strip of black, horizontal bars flanking narrow, white, horizontal stripes on a blue ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179118

Accession Number: 1990.595

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reproduction landscape figures. Vignette of a boy and girls with a dog beneath a tree, alternating with a basket filled with fruit and flowers. Printed in three greens, ivory on pink ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Caillard, Robert (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179119

Accession Number: 1990.613

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Repeating floral medallions radiating plumes of feathers, wheat and fan-like blossoms. Printed in blended yellow, green and red on a buff colored ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179120

Accession Number: 1990.603AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure. Girl laying a wreath before a statue of Cupid. View of a garden with trellises and fountain in background. Printed in green, grey, black and white on a yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179121

Accession Number: 1990.612

Wallpaper

Fragment. Guilloche pattern formed by black and white feathery leaves framing a circle of small, black pin dots. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179122

Accession Number: 1990.610

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined ribbons creating a guilloche design and enclosing a stylized 6-petaled flower. Printed in black and white.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179123

Accession Number: 1990.615

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern formed by husk elements with 6-petaled flowers at the intersections. Printed in white on a blue ground.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179124

Accession Number: 1990.620.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous green, leafy vine with purple blossoms and yellow centers. Bordered above and below by yellow bands. Printed on a black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179125

Accession Number: 1990.616B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined floral and berried vines. Blossoms in white and berries in yellow on green vines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179126

Accession Number: 1990.616A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Sprig and stripe design with a small, flowering vine flanked by black and white stripes and white, continuous flowers alternating with wide stripe of blue and black sprigs. Printed on ochre ground.

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179127

Accession Number: 1990.620.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating medallions composed of stylized foliage framing palmettes. Printed in indigo blue on a blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179128

Accession Number: 1990.593

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ashlar block pattern outlined in green and framing grey, neoclassical arabesques. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179129

Accession Number: 1990.594

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional losenges formed by black and white parallel lines and framing bisected black and blue diamonds. Printed on burnt sienna ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179130

Accession Number: 1990.596

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating sprigs of stylized flowers in pink, yellow, rose, lavender and green on a field of black dots on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179131

Accession Number: 1990.598

School Book Cover

Unused sample of wallpaper used as primer cover. Small, allover, black and yellow stars on a brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178925

Accession Number: 2000.663

Box

Small, wooden box with hinged lid. Covered in geometric patterned paper. Three-dimensional diamond shapes or parallelapipedon, foliate medallions in each. Blockprinted in white and black on a red ground. Inside is lined with blockprinted, floral paper on a blue ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178926

Accession Number: 1972.124

School Book Cover

Geometric pattern with vertical and horizontal stripes, dots and meandering, serpentine lines. Printed in two blues and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1822

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178927

Accession Number: 1965.171

Wallpaper bookcover

Wallpaper bookcover with allover, small-scale snow flakes surrounded by connected S-curves, both in dark blue on a bright blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178928

Accession Number: 1966.70

Bandbox

Small, wooden box covered in wallpaper. Paper design is simple, curved lines printed in black and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1805-1809

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178929

Accession Number: 1967.132

School Book Cover

Small prayer book covered with a green, plain wallpaper printed with the stamp of Thomas Ford, Boston. Printed in black on a green ground.

Date: 1807-1818

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178930

Accession Number: 1968.181

Box

Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1791

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178931

Accession Number: 1971.370

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Black floral stripe alternating with vertical row of zig-zag beading separating green diamonds with stylized leaves. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178932

Accession Number: 1966.194

Wallpaper

Fragments. Spiral cones with black flowers and leaves sprouting from centers. Printed in black and white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178933

Accession Number: 1952.447

Wallpaper

Fragments. All over repeated losenges reverse printed in white forming floral sprigs in yellow, orange and red with green leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178934

Accession Number: 1952.449

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diamond or lattice pattern in green, black and white framing floral element on grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178935

Accession Number: 1934.797.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale lattice in green and black on grey ground. (maybe border?)

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178936

Accession Number: 1934.797.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale organic foliate forms in white and outlined in small red dots on a blue field.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178937

Accession Number: 1985.677

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Early reproduction of the "Diana" wallpaper. Classical figures before a statue of Diana within oval frames and ornamented with draperies, hanging cords, tassels and floral swags. Printed in three blues on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1950

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

GUSN: 178938

Accession Number: 1985.675

Wallpaper

Fragments (3). Rococo Revival landscape figure. Girl with lamb feeding birds framed by C-scrolls, roses and fruit tree boughs. Printed in two greens, brown, tan, two pinks, and blue on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178939

Accession Number: 1985.676A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown, black, blue and white on tan polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178944

Accession Number: 1966.2135A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rococo floral paper with grey scrolls accented with maroon and embellished with three blue flowers and foliage in two greens. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178945

Accession Number: 1966.2134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Green ribbon entwined around tan and brown cabling on olive green flock.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178946

Accession Number: 1987.147B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small connected ivy leaves outlined in ochre on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178947

Accession Number: 1987.147

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure of a woman kneeling beside an urn and bouquets of flowers. Printed in black, white, pink and blue on a yellow/ochre ground. Drop match.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178948

Accession Number: 1922.423

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over shell and palmette medallion framed by foliate elements. Printed in indigo blue on pink ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178949

Accession Number: 1923.241

Wallpaper

Fragment. Medium sized all over blue floral on ungrounded paper with pink stripe. Paper is joined improperly at selvedge.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178950

Accession Number: 1923.247

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile pattern in blue and white of alternating square and circular designs. Circular medallion has floral center with radiating stylized foliage bordered by open basket weave, square tile has centered flower with radiating foliate forms bordered by geometric, eliptical elements.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178951

Accession Number: 1923.248

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Undulating acanthus leaves in yellow, ochre and brown entwined with white and gray and three green flowers on an olive flocked ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178952

Accession Number: 1922.945

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by black dotted lines with red and black stars at the intersections and framing reverse printed ivory centers. On unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178953

Accession Number: 1929.980A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grey Greek key stripe alternating with vertical row of small scale floral vine printed in grey, tan, olive and green. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178954

Accession Number: 1929.981

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of wallpaper. Striped, embossed, gilt design of grape or berry clusters alternating with floral sprig sprouting from a heart-shaped element. Gilt on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178955

Accession Number: 1929.982AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of roller printed, striped paper. There are landscape vignettes in Rococo cartouches with swags of vines connecting each one. Printed in silver and gold mica, grey, three greens, pale blue and reddish brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178956

Accession Number: 1966.441

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over foliate and vine reverse printed on a green field with black pin dots on a white ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178957

Accession Number: 1924.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Cone and leaf border printed in black and orange on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 178958

Accession Number: 1924.610

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