Historic New England

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

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

Wallpaper

Fragment. Narrow, plain, grey stripe alternating with small-scale, stylized, berried vine reverse printed in blue on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178147

Accession Number: 1980.212.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric grid of intersecting white and grey lines on grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178148

Accession Number: 1980.212.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Aesthetic paper. Stylized floral and leaf vine entwined around Oriental lattice. Printed in orange, yellow and olive on grey ground.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178149

Accession Number: 1980.246

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral design in taupe and metallic gold on off-white ground

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178150

Accession Number: 1980.248

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Section of uncut floral border. Blue serpentine beading with repeated pink and white and orange flowers. Printed on a light blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178151

Accession Number: 2000.657

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of allover, randomly placed leaves interspersed with sprigs and small, floral bouquets. Printed in grey, white and two blues on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178153

Accession Number: 2000.1682.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Plain paper with no pattern on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178154

Accession Number: 2000.1682.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with striped pattern. Stripes alternate from stylized floral vine and geometric stripe made of diamonds and circles. Printed in two blues on a white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178155

Accession Number: 2000.1682.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A willow and floral design printed in ochre and pink on buff unground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178156

Accession Number: 2000.1683.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper. Diaper pattern printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178157

Accession Number: 2000.1683.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Foliate vine of black grapevine-like leaves printed below a row of yellow cable.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178158

Accession Number: 2000.174b

Wallpaper

Rolled fragments. Repeating grid of daisy sprigs against a field of grey and white foliate vines. Printed in red, orange, yellow, pink, white and black. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178159

Accession Number: 2000.174a

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpaper border with continuous pattern of undulating foliage forming C-scrolls and cartouches. Embellished with beads, diagonal stripes, pindots, small flowers. Printed in gold and black and red flock on a gold ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178160

Accession Number: 2000.2221B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Blue stripe separated by wide bands of entwined foliated vine. Printed in blue and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178161

Accession Number: 2000.273.2

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Imitation carved wooden screen composed of C-scrolls and rosettes framing panels of imitation marble. Printed in two browns, peach and grey.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178414

Accession Number: 1985.20

Wallpaper

Two rolled pieces of cut borders. Wide band of black flock bordered above by row of beading and below by egg and torque imitation moulding. Printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178415

Accession Number: 2000.140AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape figure paper. Repeating vignette of maid and gentleman meeting over water pump; surrounded by lush greenery and flowers. Prints in grey, two browns, mauve, three greens, red, pink, yellow, cream on grey ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178416

Accession Number: 2000.1420.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Landscape figure paper. Vignette is of male and female figures standing near fountain, surrounded by grand windows; with a view of the sea and sailing vessel behind them. Prints in brown, tan, white, two greens, blue, grey on beige ground.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178417

Accession Number: 2000.1423a

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Nursery paper. Pattern consists of nine vignettes of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Jack and Jill." Prints in two greens, red, light blue, yellow, pink, tan on ivory ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178418

Accession Number: 2000.1423b

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragments. Grisaille, Renaissance Revival strapwork entwined with roses and morning glories. Printed in three greys.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178419

Accession Number: 2000.145A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern lozenges made of leafy vines and joined by flower blossoms. In each lozenge is a sprig. Printed in green, white and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178420

Accession Number: 2000.1683.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Bifurcated, stylized foliage in orange with gold accents on black flocked ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178421

Accession Number: 2000.267A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with woodgrain pattern. Printed in red-orange on yellow ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178422

Accession Number: 2000.2232

Wallpaper

Fragment. Woodgrain stripes separated by narrow stripes with scalloped edges. Printed in yellow, brown and ochre on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178423

Accession Number: 2000.278.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Paper removed from a bandbox. Foliate pattern with stippling. Printed in grey and green on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178424

Accession Number: 2000.287A-J

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Light blue stripe on white ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178425

Accession Number: 2000.293AB

Wallpaper

Used fragment. Pattern consists of vertical stripes of ogee-shaped motif filled with horizontal stripes, gathered at each end with a bow. Prints in white and black on blue paper.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178426

Accession Number: 2000.350.1

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