Historic New England

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Classical architectural moulding patterns including Greek key, cord, bead and reel, leaf. Printed in black flock, mustard, gold, brown and red on a sand ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176775

Accession Number: 1971.41

Wallpaper

Four fragments pieced together creating a frame. Flocked and embossed paper of scrolling foliage and rope. Printed in two shades of blue, black and gold.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176776

Accession Number: 1971.42

Fragment. Central motif in grisaille is of stylized flower or pine with interlacing scrolls, framed by fretwork and rosettes. Printed in three shades of grey and two shades green on a light grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176777

Accession Number: 1971.43

Wallpaper

Fragment. Printed in red.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176778

Accession Number: 1971.44

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering band of stylized flowers printed in two greens, yellow and red and outlined in black, bordered top and bottom by row of white ovals framing green continuous beading. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176779

Accession Number: 1971.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Marble masonry paper of octagonal and rectangular blocks with alternating pattern of shell and flower motifs. Printed in brown and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176780

Accession Number: 1971.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating white wreaths on a field of meandering metallic gold vines with rootlets and black berries on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176781

Accession Number: 1971.9

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Diaper pattern. Pale green losenges with central berry motif in red and orange and outlined in dark green. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176782

Accession Number: 1985.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille floral and foliate plasterwork on a brown field and accented with green floral sprays.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176783

Accession Number: 1985.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover pattern of rectangular blocks with mirror images of stylized flowers and leaves with fretwork on the corner of the blocks. Printed in grey, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176784

Accession Number: 1985.6

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Design of billowing leaves and diamonds with snowflake-like shapes, framed by scrollwork. Printed in green, brown and white on a tan unground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176785

Accession Number: 1985.7

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral stripe wallpaper and one fragment of matching borer. Pattern consits of solid green stripe edged in brown and tan scallops alternating with floral stripe edged with brown dots. Prints in dark brown, red, light borwn and tan on beige ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176786

Accession Number: 2000.1664

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous inverted palmettes printed in two greys and outlined in black on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176787

Accession Number: 1971.11B

Wallpaper

Border sample. Scrolling foliage with flowers. Framed by bands of dots. Printed in gold and brown on an aqua ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176788

Accession Number: 1971.16A

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Geometric pattern with 4-petaled flowers and stylized scrolls. Printed in red flock and blue on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176789

Accession Number: 1971.17C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern joined with Gothic eight-pointed star and four-pronged medallion or rosette. Printed in green flocking, orange, black on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176790

Accession Number: 1971.18A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pillar and Arch pattern "4 July 1776." Stenciled in blue and buff and block printed in white and black on ochre ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176791

Accession Number: 1930.1748

Wallpaper

Fragments soaked off a bandbox. Coffered paper with alternating rosettes of stylized flowers surrounded by foliate wreath. Printed in maroon, olive and white on beige ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176792

Accession Number: 1930.1618

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Egyptian-like design of metallic gold and black fans on a grey field framed within red lunettes accented with gold dots and separated by black stylized palmettes. Printed on taupe ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by form

GUSN: 176793

Accession Number: 1971.11A

Wallpaper

Border sample. Egyptian style with stylized leaf motifs, palmettes and a band of Greek key. Printed in orange, brown and gold on a teal ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176794

Accession Number: 1971.16B

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Row of three-lobed palmette-like motifs, edged by floral elements. Egyptian-like style. Printed in orange, black, three shades of brown and cream on a caramel ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176795

Accession Number: 1971.17B

Wallpaper

Allover willow-type pattern printed in metallic gold with leaves in taupe and clusters of three red pin dots on pale yellow ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176796

Accession Number: 1971.162

Wallpaper

Anglo-Japanese design of different stylized floral motifs in differently shaped panels. The panels alternate vertically and are repeated every fourth stripe. Dots separate the panels. Drop repeat. Printed in olive, ochre, red and white on black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176797

Accession Number: 1971.159

Wallpaper

Anglo-Japanese paper. Red, metallic gold and white geometric patterns within panels formed by various types of black lines, feathered, thorny and bold, surrounded by white pin dots on a dark taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176798

Accession Number: 1971.160

Wallpaper

Overall alternation of floral and foliate motifs in black and white on taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176799

Accession Number: 1971.161

Wallpaper

Rococo cartouches framing fleur-de-lis on field of allover stylized flowers. Printed in olive, ochre, tan, metallic gold and silver on green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176800

Accession Number: 1971.163

Wallpaper

Rainbow paper printed in blue and white on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176801

Accession Number: 1971.166

Wallpaper

Allover grid pattern of interlocking squares alternating framing stripes and rondells. Printed in black, green and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176802

Accession Number: 1971.158.2

Wallpaper

Allover design of stylized Neo-grec elements in block and powdered gold.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176803

Accession Number: 1971.158.5

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Butterflies encircling a cut branch with flower blossoms and buds. Printed in green, grey, brown, yellow and olive green.

Date: 1980-1983

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179287

Accession Number: 2000.400

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, tossed leaf pattern. Edged with rod or column and floral garlands. Prints in white, dark grey, orange, red, green, yellow on light grey ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179288

Accession Number: 1995.565

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Classical design of lyre flanked by two swan-like creatures, surrounded by garlands of leaf and beads connected by rosettes and Princes of Wales(?) feathers. Prints in two browns, beige, grey, yellow, on green ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179289

Accession Number: 1995.560

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Two alternating scenes of a village in a rectangular framework and separated by four-lobed, interlaced ornament. Printed in three greys, white and green on a grey ground.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179290

Accession Number: 1922.494A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper pattern consists of a repeating motif of an architectural structure with a fountain atop. Structure is framed by a floral spray which is gathered with a bow knot and embellished with a tassel. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179291

Accession Number: 1985.674

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure pattern with alternating scenes of bridges, water, sailboats, buildings. Scenes are framed by Rococo style cartouche with C-scrolls and foliage. In the background is an imitation marble pattern between the cartouches. Printed in three browns, blue, pink, white, gre...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179292

Accession Number: 1984.498AB

Wallpaper

Striped pattern with roses in the narrow stripe and columns of pindot flowers and horizontal pinstripes in the wide area. Paper is very faded. Printed in white and olive on a faded pink ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179293

Accession Number: 1973.107

Wallpaper

Fifteen panels of Pillar and Arch pattern wallpaper. Columns with Corinthian capitals supporting an arch, which in turn supports a bust and is draped by garlands. Ashlar pattern framing arch. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179294

Accession Number: 1926.960.1.1-.15

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments Continuous pattern of stylized leaves under small arches. Top band of beading. Printed in brown, white, black on a grey ground..

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179295

Accession Number: 1926.960.2

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border. Narrow floral ribbon design. Printed in bright green, pink, white, blue, yellow and varnish green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179296

Accession Number: 1922.426B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Arabesque panel featuring a mythological theme, including two satyr heads spouting spiraling vines, a diamond shaped losenge with Leda and the Swan and a baccante in a mandorla. The design also includes two winged nymphs with a large wine cup and rectangular panel filled with flo...

Date: 1790-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179297

Accession Number: 1922.426A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over scrolling leaf and vine design with berries, and a variety of diaper patterns within the leaves and pin stripes. Printed in two whites, metal dust and rust flock on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179298

Accession Number: 1972.117

Wallpaper

Panel from Zuber's "Vues D'Amerique Du Nord" or "Views of North America." Views of various sites of the United States: Bay of New York; Boston Harbor; Niagara Falls; the Natural Bridge in Virginia. This scene depicts spectators on foot and horseback observing the solidiers of West Point. Printed in ...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179299

Accession Number: 1996.76

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer) Zipelius, Hermann (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179300

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2

"Les Jardins Francais" Wallpaper

A fragment of the first panel of Zuber's "Les Jardins Francais." The panel features a statue of a putto on the back of a lion, on a pedestal at the end of a bridge. Lots of trees surround the statue. Printed in two blues, two greys, five greens, and two pinks.

Date: 1822-1836

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Mongin, Antoine-Pierre

GUSN: 179301

Accession Number: 1929.1854.1

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block-printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Mader, Xavier (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179302

Accession Number: 1973.101

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure pattern with four alternating Turkish scenes. Scenes are separated by a pendant motif and stripes with small, stylized flowers. Printed in grisaille, including two greys, dark grey-brown and white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179303

Accession Number: 1973.102A

Wallpaper

Top border to sidewall. The pattern includes classical egg and dart mouldings and dentils with a band of a continuous, floral vine underneath and drapery swags hanging on cord with tassels suspended from medallions. Printed in two grays, three pinks, three greens, black and white on light gray groun...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179304

Accession Number: 1973.102B

Wallpaper

Ashlar patterned wallpaper fragments with attached border. Stone blocks which surround alternating motifs such as an urn and bunches of fruit. Printed in blue, green, two greys, white, brown and taupe on a grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179305

Accession Number: 1973.103AB

Wallpaper

Bottom border to sidewall. Not as decorative as the top border. A band of medallions alternate with floral bouquets and horizontal lines. Printed in two grays, three pinks, three greens, black and white on a light gray ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179306

Accession Number: 1973.102C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. All over sprays of roses and tropical flowers with birds (parrot) in flight. Printed in six pinks, lavender, purple, three greens, two yellows, red, two browns and white on blue, polished ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179307

Accession Number: 1924.843

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