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Wallpaper

The frieze depicts Alcestis, wife of Amor (god of love), accompanied by domestic virtues (Hospitality, Providence, Order, Diligence). Each female figure carries attributes symbolizing her qualities. Block-printed in white, two greens, tan, and two browns on yellow ground.

Date: 1876

Maker: Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer) Crane, Walter (Artist, Designer)

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 178911

Accession Number: 1923.821

Wallpaper

Watercolor sketch of floral paper. Painted in blue, two shades of orange, black, white, two shades of green, grey, two shades of pink on a light grey ground.

Date: 1916

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178913

Accession Number: 1920.300

Wallpaper

Fragment. Moorish pillar and arch paper decorated in the geometric designs imitating mosaics. Printed in green, blue and white on unground or tan paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178914

Accession Number: 1971.49

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral and foliate pattern printed in pink, red and green on a peach ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178915

Accession Number: 1971.50

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper in nine fragments. Embossed paper in the style of Japanese leather paper. Dense floral pattern with exotic birds, probably a phoenix. Printed in brown or metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178916

Accession Number: 1970.1316A-I

Wallpaper

Watercolor rendering of reproduction wallpaper after original. Large-scale meandering floral and foliate vine with fruit, possibly pomegranates.

Date: 1898

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178917

Accession Number: 1971.179

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille moulding over stylized lotus forms in blue.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178918

Accession Number: 1929.493B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Small medallions printed in tan, black, orange and green and surounded by rootlets within grey diamonds with white palm or shell? elements at the intersections. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178919

Accession Number: 1929.494

Wallpaper

Fragment. Blue and white striped wallpaper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178920

Accession Number: 1929.493

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous band of losenges in orange with blue centers on a black and ochre field. Bordered top and bottom with a blue band.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178921

Accession Number: 1929.494B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale scene of castle with crennelated towers and flags surrounded by stylized foliage and pin dots. Printed in blue, white and brown on pink ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178922

Accession Number: 1971.45

Trunk Lining

Two fragments of celestial-themed wallpaper. Consists of sun and moon motifs. Printed in white on reddish-orange ground. Used as a trunk lining. Drop repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178923

Accession Number: 1968.140

Wallpaper

Fragments. Blue repeated sprigs enclosed by swags composed of blue vertical lines. Sprigs overlayed by orange parallel lines. Printed on pale yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178924

Accession Number: 1971.51

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

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeated pattern of children at play (on rustic teeter-toter) in a dense forest glen. Printed in greens, brown, red, blue, pink and white on grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178518

Accession Number: 1938.396

Wallpaper

Five fragments (a-e) of cabled border. Crimson ground with crimson flock. Four are attached to flock paper 1968.180.1.

Date: 1764-1766

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178519

Accession Number: 1968.180.2

Wallpaper

Five fragments (a-f) of striped floral, leaf and pinwheel wallpaper. Three with cabled border attached (see 1968.180.2). Crimson ground with crimson flock. Straight repeat. Some pieces are attached to 1968.180.2.

Date: 1764-1766

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178520

Accession Number: 1968.180.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of embossed rose and scrolled leaf paper. Deep blue ground with flowers and leaf printed in three browns, yellow, green and metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178521

Accession Number: 1987.144

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Plain brown flocked paper.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178522

Accession Number: 1940.976A

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral spray and floral sprig paper, tossed pattern. White ground with pattern of floral spray consisting of roses and daisies and smaller sprigs printed in light and dark greys and white. Leaves and berries printed in metallic gold. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178523

Accession Number: 1940.977

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale floral medallion bordered by stiff leaves and framing a scalloped diamond center with blossom terminals. Printed in blue on a yellow ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178524

Accession Number: 1940.1042.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large medallion pattern made up of flowers, scrolls, diamond shapes, foliage and horizontal pin stripes. Printed in blue and red on a yellow ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178525

Accession Number: 1940.1042.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Large leaves and flowers. Printed in two blues and four browns on white ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178526

Accession Number: 1940.1042.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Naturalistic and large striped floral pattern, wisteria. Printed in two browns, three blues, white, two tans on a cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178527

Accession Number: 1940.1042.2B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Small blue, black and pink sprigs alternating with white palmettes on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178528

Accession Number: 1966.491A

Wallpaper

Two fragments of ivy leaf patterned paper. Orange ground with ivy leaf trailing up pole or stalk printed in green, black and grey(?). Background pattern of scattered sprigs in grey. Repeat undetermined.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178529

Accession Number: 1966.490b

Wallpaper

Fragment of geometric-style paper comprising squares and pinwheels in circles. Cinnamon ground with pattern printed in red and light yellow.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178530

Accession Number: 1966.490a

Wallpaper

Five fragments of border (a-e). Stylized acorn and leaf pattern. Light green ground with orange and black. Larger fragment has fragment of complimentary paper attached (1966.491a). Three smaller fragments have newer paper laid on top.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178531

Accession Number: 1966.491.2

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper with palmettes and six-pointed stars in circles alternating with stripes of diaper-patterned panels. Two fragments are printed in orange, browns, purple, yellow, and white. The third fragment is discolored to an overall shade of grey and white.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178532

Accession Number: 1966.491.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper and leaf pattern paper. Cinnamon ground with diaper and leaf printed in white and dark orange. Fragment "b" has border attached (border is 1966.491.2a). Repeat?

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178533

Accession Number: 1966.491.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Remains of red paint (no discernable pattern) on coarse grey paper.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178534

Accession Number: 1966.491B

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure paper depicting man with two shepherdesses; small group of sheep at top left corner. Pattern prints all in two browns, tan, two greens, white on a light green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178535

Accession Number: 1915.49

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival (or Baroque Revival) cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178536

Accession Number: 1915.22

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival (or Baroque Revival) cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178537

Accession Number: 1915.23

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal repeat of framed bouquets, orange, green and grey on polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178538

Accession Number: 1916.338

Wallpaper

Fragments. Landscape figure printed in grisaille. Two men dressed in belted white tunic and wearing turbans, crouched behind a knoll firing rifles. Does not appear to be a hunting scene.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178539

Accession Number: 1915.24A-C

Wallpaper

Baroque or Rococo Revival cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178540

Accession Number: 1915.21

Wallpaper

Large fragment of scenic figure, Reproduction of "House Fair" painting by French painter Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), who did original artwork on which paper is based. Three vignettes showing scenes from fair. Central, rectilinear-shaped vignette depicts riders and horses preparing for country-style ra...

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178541

Accession Number: 1916.56.1-.2

Wallpaper

Cut sample of landscape figure paper. Shows two pastoral scenes of young girl with sheep and young girl feeding chicken and rooster. White ground with blue stripes; left side is edged with wide stripe of blue dots placed inside a [boxy] shape. Vignettes in blue-grey and black.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178542

Accession Number: 1916.57

Wallpaper

Six fragments of medallion and stripe paper. Grey ground with embossed medallion and linked chain, printed in red, green and gilt.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178543

Accession Number: 1977.105

Wallpaper

Diaper pattern wallpaper with lacy netting in the background. Scrolling foliage frames the diamond-shape losenges and arches with delicate lacework. Printed in green and grey on a blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 178544

Accession Number: 1977.106A-H

Wallpaper

Mounted sample and fragments of Gothic arches and foliate scrollwork wallpaper. Printed in brown, tan, two greys, and bright blue (reverse printed) on beige ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178545

Accession Number: 1943.783.1A-G

Wallpaper Fragment

Fragments of hand blocked and flocked border. Grape vines entwining grisaille plasterwork printed in three browns, white and four blues on rust and brown flocked ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178546

Accession Number: 1943.783.2A-E

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic paper depicting modes of transportation, past and present. Printed in six greens, three browns, two purples, two reds, yellow, orange, blue, white and ochre on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178547

Accession Number: 1921.114

No Title

Paper depicting mounted riders engaged in a fox hunt with hounds. Printed in red, blue and yellow. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178548

Accession Number: 1919.268

Wallpaper

Nursery paper depicting nursery rhyme (4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie). Printed in two greens, blue, yellow, orange, white, and tan on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat?

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178549

Accession Number: 1919.269