Historic New England

Wallpaper border

Fragment of China trade border from the entrance hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Consists of delicate floral vine and chain stripe. Prints in pink, white, blue and black on pink (?) ground.

Date: 1798-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 178130

Accession Number: 1971.135.1.2

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper from the entrance hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Pattern of red dots on yellow ground paper (pattern is indecipherable).

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178131

Accession Number: 1971.135.2.1

Wallpaper

Five fragments of China trade paper from the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Consists of delicate floral and stripe motif, printing in green, pink, blue, brown and black on light colored ground. Appears to be light pink under border.

Date: 1798-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178132

Accession Number: 1971.135.1.1

School Book Cover

Almanac cover with a stylized sprig pattern with a white dash background. Printed in white, green and black on an ungrounded paper. Printed with three blocks.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178133

Accession Number: 1970.60

Wallpaper

Optical illusion three-dimensional block design with their vertical lines and chains. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178134

Accession Number: 1971.187.2

Wallpaper

Rainbow paper. Vertical stalks with allover pattern of pomegranates that alternate with oak leaves and acorns. Blended red, blue, yellow and white on a light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178135

Accession Number: 1971.187.4

Wallpaper

Sprigs with globes surrounded by vertical dashes. Black white, grey printed on grey ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178136

Accession Number: 1971.187.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeated fleur-de-lis and ornamental elements separated by dashed lines. Printed in black and white on tan ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178137

Accession Number: 1971.195.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Brown, joined scrolls in-filled with liquid mica diaper pattern and connected by floral chains in cream and brown on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1906

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178138

Accession Number: 1971.195.1

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Design of continuous white and red flowers connected by rinceaux. Printed in green, white and red on grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178139

Accession Number: 1971.214.1B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of composite layers. One piece is two layers of the same paper. (One is in better condition than the other.) The design is of a stylized floral element with framing scrolls and wave scrolls. Green, two pinks, taupe and white on a brown ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178140

Accession Number: 1971.214.2

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

Wallpaper

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

Fragment. Allover, meandering vine with willow-like leaves and stylized flowers against a field of berried vines. Printed in orange, green, tan and black on an embossed, salmon ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178162

Accession Number: 2000.273.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating fleur-de-lis in two sizes on an imitation woodgrain field. Printed in maroon, olive, yellow and tan on an unground or beige ground.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178163

Accession Number: 2000.276.10

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate motif with stems the form mouchette on a field of stripes and small concentric circles. Printed in three greens and maroon on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178164

Accession Number: 2000.276.11

Wallpaper

Fragments. Beige with no identifiable pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178165

Accession Number: 2000.276.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliated rosette flanked by stylized foliate motif. Printed in yellow and brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178166

Accession Number: 2000.276.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Asymmetrically arranged flowers enclosing flowers and geometric designs. Printed in olive green, red and yellow on a black ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178167

Accession Number: 2000.276.5

Wallpaper

Fragments of allover floral design (?). Design is unidetifiable. Printed in green, red, blue and black on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178168

Accession Number: 2000.276.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, stylized flowers patterned with diaper patterns and geometric designs. Pritned in blue, grey and yellow on a grey ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178169

Accession Number: 2000.276.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating rosettes edged in beading and alternating with geometric star motif. Printed in red and brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178170

Accession Number: 2000.276.8

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Gothic arches alternating with cruciform shapes over a row of bead and reel moulding. Printed in three blues, black and white.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178373

Accession Number: 2000.597

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover floral vine. Bachelor buttons and daisies in orange and maroon and small gray flowers on an olive vine on light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178374

Accession Number: 2000.598

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Blue satin ribbon entwined with grisaille beads. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178375

Accession Number: 2000.599

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Copper engraved nursery paper. Scenes of English soldiers in training, bayonet, cavalry, lancers, artillery, etc. Printed in blue, red, yellow and black.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178376

Accession Number: 2000.600

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gray lattice framing clusters of fruit and flowers and bunches of grapes. Printed in green and white on a gray glossy ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178377

Accession Number: 2000.602

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Four vertical rows of white dots printed on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178378

Accession Number: 2000.604

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Alternating rose sprigs with buds in three purples and two greens on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178379

Accession Number: 2000.605AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover gilt flowers and ferns printed on a gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178380

Accession Number: 2000.606

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White Renaissance revival cartouche framing a floral bouquet printed in tan and brown and ornamented by a flowering vine in brown and taupe on a gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178381

Accession Number: 2000.607

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Renaissance revival strapwork in gray ornamented with pink and red roses and bachelor buttons in brown and blue.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178382

Accession Number: 2000.613

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