Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused corner pieces used as borders with fresco papers. Rosettes bracketed by stylized foliate elements and continuous band of beading. Printed in ochre, rust, brown, peach, two greens and black on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176670

Accession Number: 1924.558

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeated tile design composed of square and rectangular panels framing foliage with flowers or berries. Printed in maroon, green and grey on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176671

Accession Number: 1924.559

Wallpaper

Fragment. Portion of scenic paper. Appears to be ground line with hand painted or blocked grass and foliate form. Printed in four greens, blue and black on white ground.

Date: 1800-1805

Maker: Arthur et Robert (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176672

Accession Number: 1937.1043

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern of twigs with stylized leaves or flowers, a vertical stripe of diamonds framed by zig-zag lines and diaper pattern. Printed in blue on unground paper.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176673

Accession Number: 1971.155

Bandbox

Bandbox fragment. Medium-sized floral. Printed in two shades of green and tan.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176674

Accession Number: 1971.53

Bandbox

Top of a bandbox. Large floral design with various foliage, C-scrolls and pin dots. Printed in red, pink, brown and grey on a white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176675

Accession Number: 1971.54

Wallpaper

Fragment. A wide vertical stripe with a meandering vertical vine of leaves edged by chevrons. Printed in three shades of green, grey and white on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176676

Accession Number: 1971.55

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Medium-sized floral bouquets with meandering leafy vines printed in two shades of green and grey on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176677

Accession Number: 1971.56

Wallpaper

Fragments. Paper features an arch with classical mouldings (i.e. bead and reel). Below is a figure of Mercury with caduseus in hand and winged helmet. Printed in black, white and brown on a gray ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176678

Accession Number: 1922.493AB

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments of stencil-like paper. Pattern of stylized and berries. Printed in blue on ochre ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176679

Accession Number: 1923.204AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176680

Accession Number: 1920.325.1B

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpapered fireboard with central scene of a sailboat and crew on rocky waters and ominous clouds. Oval scene is framed by leaves and scrolls. Printed in blues, greens, greys, red and white on a black ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176681

Accession Number: 2000.2223a

Wallpapered Fireboard

Wallpaper border with continuous pattern of stylized flowers framed by scrolling tendrils. Printed in gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176682

Accession Number: 2000.2223b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176683

Accession Number: 1920.325.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alll over foliate design. Large scale leaves in two grays and two greens foliate elements printed loosely across white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176684

Accession Number: 1920.326A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Acorn and leaf wallpaper. Printed in gray and maroon on white polished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176685

Accession Number: 1920.327A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Meandering floral vine with a floral trim. Printed in yellow, two shades of green, white and peach on a black ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176686

Accession Number: 1920.326

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 176687

Accession Number: 1920.324A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bead and reel border. Printed in three greys and white on red ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176688

Accession Number: 1985.4B

Wallpaper Border

Fragment. Ribbon and bow border. Printed in two mauves, two greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176689

Accession Number: 1917.1583B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Moses Grant Jr. & Co. Leaf and medallion design in white and black on cinnamon ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176690

Accession Number: 1930.1619

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pastoral scenic paper. Printed in black and white on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176691

Accession Number: 1930.1624

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block and white chaining on blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176692

Accession Number: 1971.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Moses Grant Jr. & Co. border. Floral scratchwork pattern printed in black and orange on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176693

Accession Number: 1930.1619b

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Curvilinear "ribbon" in orange outlined in yellow on a black field and bordered by narrow band of yellow fretwork. Printed on orange ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176694

Accession Number: 1971.5A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover ornamental and stylized flowers (poppies?) and vine. Printed in magenta, purple, red, blue, green, black and metallic gold on off-white, pebble embossed paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176695

Accession Number: 1971.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch and three figures in classical garb are under a canopy within the arch. Yellow ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176696

Accession Number: 1966.488

Wallpaper

Unused Sample. Left side trimmed. Garlands and arabesque frame and connect "sculptural" group of 3 Cupids - 2 seated playing instruments; 1 standing holding an arrow. Printed on pink ground. Paper has basket weave, embossing. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176697

Accession Number: 1968.49

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Overall repeat, octagonal panels with foliage are separated from marbelized, rectangular panels by marbelized strips.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176698

Accession Number: 1968.50

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation granite: black and white random, free-hand speckles on grey ground. Random repeat.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176699

Accession Number: 1968.51

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Grisaille ribbon and bow with green ruffles on a light blue ground with orange edges. Fragment (A) is a wall fragment. Fragments (B) and (C) are unused and uncut samples of the same border.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176700

Accession Number: 1917.51A-C

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Border has ribbon moulding with bow knots and scalloped edges, with feathers and is framed by reel moulding. Printed in two blues, yellow, orange, black, white, green, grey and taupe on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176701

Accession Number: 1971.30

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral medallion and wheat pattern. Printed in three greens and white on a polished green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176702

Accession Number: 1956.M25

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bead and reel moulding printed in grisaille on a red field. Printed on a light grey ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176703

Accession Number: 1971.5B

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragments (4). Stripe pattern with vertical stripes of meandering vines with flowers. Printed in two greens and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177609

Accession Number: 1969.343.1B

Star and Square Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments with pattern of interconnecting squares with quatrefoils inside. Block printed in green, white, and black on light blue ground. Duty stamp and "57" stamped on reverse. Made in squares.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper

GUSN: 177610

Accession Number: 1969.339.1

Wallpaper

Fragments (3). A landscape paper depicting a hunting scene. In one fragment two hunters have their guns poised and in another fragment there is a bird in flight. Painted in three greens, two blues, two browns, orange and green on pinkish ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177611

Accession Number: 1969.339.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Pattern consists of allover roses with larger ones framed by a cartouche. Stylized motifs of scrolled foliage are framed by a floral wreath. Printed in gold, silver mica, yellow, brown on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177612

Accession Number: 1969.340.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. These pieces are too small to decipher a definitive pattern, but it appears to be pin stripes and some thin, undulating lines. Printed in black, green and sage.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177613

Accession Number: 1980.463

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Small-scale, repeating leaves above a row of black scalloped lines. Printed in black, grey, orange.

Date: 1972

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177614

Accession Number: 2000.313

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of the outline of scrolling foliage or rinceau. Printed in gold on a white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177615

Accession Number: 1969.332.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of foliage springing up from a vase or urn with swans flanking a small urn, perched on a scrolled foliate. Printed in gold, taupe and brown on an off-white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177616

Accession Number: 1969.332.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover, stylized floral pattern. Printed in brown and greyish-white on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177617

Accession Number: 1969.332.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Rococco style paper with scrolls, openwork, and cartouches framing large floral bouquets. Printed in brown, white, silver mica, olive, pale green and light yellow on a taupe ground.

Date: 1900-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177618

Accession Number: 1969.332.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of paper seems to be striped with a vertical cord and tassels. Neo-grec-influenced medallion pattern. Printed in black, red and gold on a greyish-blue.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177619

Accession Number: 1969.332.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments. Repeated pattern of feathered vines of leaves framing sprigs. At the bottom are swags joining each group. Printed in two greens and white on a light blue ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177620

Accession Number: 1969.334.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Geometric paper with fish scales or bamboo, and concentric diamond shapes or parallelopipedon. Printed in white, black on a green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177621

Accession Number: 1969.334.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Diaper pattern with inter-connected losenges made of meandering vine. Sprigs inside each losenge. Printed in white and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177622

Accession Number: 1969.334.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments. Pattern consists of an undulating line and dots. Printed in black and white on a green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177623

Accession Number: 1969.334.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern appears to be flowers and vine. Printed in green, blue and red on a green ground.

Date: 1796-1797

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177624

Accession Number: 1969.335.2

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