Historic New England

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Art Nouveau wallpaper from the Whitney House, Stow, Massachusetts. Large scale design incorporating stylized flowers, vines and fruit into arch or striped pattern. Roller-printed in olive on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286791

Accession Number: 2001.281.501AB

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor sketch of wallpaper with Gothic arches and bouquets of flowers. Colors include blues, greens orangges and pinks.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286792

Accession Number: 1917.160

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor drawing of wallpaper in the "neat stripes and vines" motif. Blue on cream paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286793

Accession Number: 1917.161

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with three bands in varying tones of gray. May have been a window shade sample.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286794

Accession Number: 1916.138

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Massachusetts featuring a rose bouquet medallion alternating with a scene of a bird on a branch with berries. Background pattern of rosettes and pin dots. Block-printed in pink, dark pink (or red), gray and white with light and dark green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286795

Accession Number: 2001.281.502

Wallpaper

Unused samples. Panel with swags and cherubs frolicking with a lioness, alternating with a panel with an urn. Printed in gray-green and brown on ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286796

Accession Number: 1966.2137A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment, joined at central motif, with large scale design of quatrefoils and C-scrolls printed in brown, tan and white on light blue ground, framed by blue reverse printed foliate pattern. One additional layer of paper underneath.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286797

Accession Number: 2000.361

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border with ribbon swag on engraved ground printed to simulate woven cloth. Block printed in four greens on pale green ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286798

Accession Number: 2000.327AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Japanese leather paper fragment with heavily embossed design of meandering floral vines with birds perched on the stems. Printed in metallic gold against a red ground.

Date: 1884-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286799

Accession Number: 2000.1685

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper with all over design of leafy vines entwined with climbing rose vines with pink blossoms. Block pritned

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286800

Accession Number: 2000.1688A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with stylized floral vine pattern from Townsend, Massachusetts. Stylized vines or branch with light-colored leaves undulate up the paper. Red flowers and berries highlighted with gold accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, black, olive, metallic gold and gray on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286801

Accession Number: 2001.281.503

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating rows of three-lobed leaves with flower blossoms. Printed in green and black.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286802

Accession Number: 2000.1691

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample in the "Crace Tile" pattern. Large tile design of quatrefoils framed by interlaced and tri-lobed floral elements. Block printed in orange and peach on an aubergine ground. Manufactured by Cole & Son, London. Originally printed by J. G. Crace, England, 1850-1860.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286804

Accession Number: 2000.861

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Strawberry" pattern by Cole & Son (London) featuring diagonally repeating strawberry plants with flowers and berries printed in green, white, pink and yellow and outlined in metallic gold. Block printed on a striated navy blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286811

Accession Number: 2000.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Date: 20th C.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286813

Accession Number: 2000.865

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Crace Diaper" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by fleurons within lozenges with stylized flowers at the intersections. Block printed in pale grey-green on a white ground. Based on a pattern designed by Augustus W. N. Pugin for J. G. Crace (...

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286814

Accession Number: 2000.868

Wallpaper

Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286817

Accession Number: 2001.281.505AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Flower Spray" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with repeated sprays of stylized flowers and flower buds on a field of stylized floral sprigs. Block printed in tan on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286819

Accession Number: 2000.860

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clandon" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by simple berried vine framing eight-pointed star or stylized flower. Block printed in aubergine on a bright red ground. Pattern is based on a flocked English pattern of 1810-1820; however, flocking...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286820

Accession Number: 2000.867

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Haddon Hall" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale Moorish tile design. Block printed in brown on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286821

Accession Number: 2000.870

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Whickham" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a stylized floral trail with bellfowers bordered by stylized sprigs on a dotted field. Block printed in peach on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286822

Accession Number: 2000.874

Photograph

Black-and-white photograph of a painting of William D. Nickels. Modern black frame.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 286826

Accession Number: 1958.363

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Chinese Trellis" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a trellis design of samll joined octagons. Block printed in three blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286828

Accession Number: 2000.875

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a watery blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286829

Accession Number: 2000.871

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a transparent red ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286831

Accession Number: 2000.872

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Quatrefoil" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by quatrefoils within Gothic tracery. Block printed in tan on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286832

Accession Number: 2000.873

Drawing of Codman House

Pencil drawing of the Codman House, matted and framed.

Date: 1873

Maker: Codman, Catherine Codman, d. 1892 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286833

Accession Number: 1969.19050

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Templenewsam" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a very large baroque design with central pinecone or pine floral motif. Block printed on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286837

Accession Number: 2000.877

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Gothic Lily" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with stems of lilies alternating with roses within tracery frames edged with brattishing and ornamented with quatrefoils at the intersections. Block printed in green, cream, red, blue, black and metallic gold on a brown gro...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286838

Accession Number: 2000.878

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the front hall of a house in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Only a portion of the entire floral medallion pattern remains. The remaining section is a large floral bouquet tied with a ribbon surrounded by white stylized flower and scroll elements. Block-printed in pink, white, a...

Date: 1829

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286840

Accession Number: 2001.281.506A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Acanthus" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over pattern of scrolling acanthus leaves. Block printed in red on a cadmium red ground and textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286841

Accession Number: 2000.879

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Acanthus" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over pattern of scrolling acanthus leaves. Block printed in brown on a light brown ground and textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286842

Accession Number: 2000.880

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Beatrix" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over Aesthetic stylized floral design of peonies and irises with scrolling leaves. Reverse printed in brown on a transparent light brown ground and roughly textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286843

Accession Number: 2000.881

Wall hook

One of a pair of brass hooks. Plate of hook rectangular with egg-like edge. Hook with rose-shaped finial.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 286844

Accession Number: 1958.365.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Beatrix" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over Aesthetic stylized floral design of peonies and irises with scrolling leaves. Reverse printed in burnt sienna on a transparent burnt sienna ground and roughly textured paper. Based on a block printed English wa...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286845

Accession Number: 2000.882

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Poppy" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale all-over design of pink poppies against a field of leafy brown foliage. Block printed on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286846

Accession Number: 2000.883

Wall hook

One of a pair of brass hooks. Plate of hook rectangular with egg-like edge. Hook with rose-shaped finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 286847

Accession Number: 1958.365.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Coalport" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with large diaper pattern formed by berried vines with flower blossoms at the intersection and framing floral sprays. Machine printed in yellow and ochre against a field of tan stripes on a cream ground. Reproduced from an E...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286860

Accession Number: 2000.936

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Garden Vine" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with all-over design of entwined vines with thorns. Machine printed in green, olive gree and white on a mottled tan ground. Based on English block printed wallpaper from 1815-1825. Document in Courtauld Archives (London).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286862

Accession Number: 2000.935

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample. Heavy embossed paper of floral and foliate design on a diaper ground. Paper is cream-colored, no ink has been applied.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286863

Accession Number: 1978.188

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with overall grid of squares formed by pindots. Alternating squares contain stylized leaf motifs and stylized floral and leaf medallions. Printed in white and cream on pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286693

Accession Number: 1994.55.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border printed in ribbon and bow pattern with top and bottom edgings of horizontal ovals. Block printed in blues, greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground. Two border fragments are present with other layers of wallpaper: one (a) with 2000.1669.1a and 2000.1669.2a; t...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286700

Accession Number: 2000.1670AB

Wallpaper

Unused landscape scene wallpaper fragments from Dracut, Massachusetts. Two brightly colored vignettes of dancers and grape harvesters framed by grape vines. Roller-printed in eighteen colors on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286702

Accession Number: 2001.281.492A-G

Wallpaper

Floral wallpaper fragments from the Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. All-over floral pattern in the Aesthetic style. Stylized flowers and leafy branches. Liquid mica pin dots highlight the pattern figures. Roller-printed in cream on light cream ground. "Keystone" printed in selvedge. Frag...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 286703

Accession Number: 2001.281.493

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed all over with floral sprays. Printed in gray, beige and maroon on beige ground. Fragment is top layer with 2000.1669.3.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286704

Accession Number: 2000.1669.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating grid of ovals framed by radiating angular blocks. Printed in beige and blue on light beige ground. Middle layer of paper with 2000.1669.2D and 2000.1669.4.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286705

Accession Number: 2000.1669.3

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