Historic New England

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of Richard E. Thibaut "Peerless" wallpaper. Pattern of medallions on a scrolling foliate background. The pattern imitates woven fabric with the aid of a background pattern of vertical stripes and dots and the block-like edges of the medallions. Roller-printed in blue, green, gold, ...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Richard E. Thibaut (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1068

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused floral wallpaper. Sprigs of a variety of different flowers, including tulips, pansies, and hydrangea, are roller-printed in a muted palette of pink, gray, cream, white and yellow to form all-over floral pattern. The paper is embossed with vertical ribbed texture and printed with...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292077

Accession Number: 2001.281.1069

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused paisley wallpaper with pattern name "The Chalons" produced by Becker, Smith and Page Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Colorful buta figures with stylized flowers and scrolling floral stems are printed over a patterned background to resemble fabric. Roller-printed in blue, green, ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292079

Accession Number: 2001.281.1070

Wallpaper Border

Partial roll of uncut wallpaper borders produced by the Robert Graves Co., New York. Two borders per roll width. Borders have a pattern of panels with rectangular cartouche framing flower figure and topped with a palmette. Roller-printed in white, blue-gray, gray and four browns on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292081

Accession Number: 2001.281.1071

Wallpaper Frieze

Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper frieze produced by the Hobbs, Benton, & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey. Roller-printed in pink, maroon, metallic gold, brown, gray, pale blue on cream ground.

Date: 1904-1917

Maker: Hobbs, Benton & Heath (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292085

Accession Number: 2001.281.1072

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of floral stripe wallpaper produced by Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey. Damask stripe alternates with stripe featuring stylized roses with square flowers on long stem. The roses are circles by a gold medallion and stylized flowers. Roller-printed in pink, maroon, metalli...

Date: 1904-1917

Maker: Hobbs, Benton & Heath (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292087

Accession Number: 2001.281.1073

Wallpaper

Two fragments of unused floral wallpaper. All-over pattern of large pink poppies on meandering green stems. Background pattern of small horizontal dashes. Roller-printed in pink liquid mica, pink, red and three greens on ungrounded paper. Union Made logo printed in selvedge.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292090

Accession Number: 2001.281.1074AB

Wallpaper Border

Rolled fragment of wallpaper border. Oatmeal paper roller-printed with flowers and stripes. Roller-printed in two browns, blue, three shades of violet, black, two greens, and a gold flakes on tan ground. Union Made logo printed in selvedge.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292092

Accession Number: 2001.281.1075

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample from "Childs" wallpaper shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral trail wallpaper with stylized carnations, strawberries, peonies, morning glories and other flowers growing from the same meandering vine. Block-printed in black, three greens, pink, fuschia,...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292121

Accession Number: 2001.281.1076

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Large-scale gilt-figure medallions on grisaille floral swag background pattern. Gilt oval medallions employ multiple neoclassical motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves, quatrefoil rosette, urns...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292144

Accession Number: 2001.281.1077

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral striped wallpaper. Large-scale meandering, floral vine block-printed in grays. Long floral stamen in metallic gold. Side stripe of stylized flowers flanked by stripes of flowers accented with gold. Block-printed in four grays and metallic gold on polished white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292145

Accession Number: 1995.389

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments. White and blue diaper pattern on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292146

Accession Number: 1995.391

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments roller-printed with brown and blue diaper pattern. Fragment [A] has a printed paper hand outlined in green glued to the back. Roller-printed in blue, brown, white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292147

Accession Number: 1995.392

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample from the "old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gold-colored ground with bronze flecks, no pattern. Paper is rolled on a cardboard tube. Carved wooden rod attached to paper's end.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 292153

Accession Number: 2001.281.1078

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample from the "old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gold-colored ground with black flecks, no pattern. Paper is rolled on a cardboard tube. Carved wooden rod attached to paper's end.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 292157

Accession Number: 2001.281.1079

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Large-scale embossed, gilt-figure of three birds landing on a neoclassical vase of fruit, branches and grasses. Small gilt-figure of bird on a nest repeats around the larger figure. Gray block-print...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cotton (textile), gilding

GUSN: 292159

Accession Number: 2001.281.1080

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Floral pattern featuring pink flowers, possibly geraniums, and foliate swags on a faux-moiré background. Block-printed in seven greens, four pinks, red, two yellows, two violets and gray on white pol...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 292165

Accession Number: 2001.281.1081

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The central feature of the pattern is a large, naturalistic floral spray with roses, hydrangea, harebells and geraniums. The flowers float on a scenic background depicting a waterway framed by ferns, ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292166

Accession Number: 2001.281.1082

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper sample probably from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral pattern executed in a folk art or faux hand-painted style. Large floral bouquet of carnations, tulips, roses and other flowers tied with a red ribbon. Floral sprigs surrou...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cotton (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 292192

Accession Number: 2001.281.1083

Wallpaper

Fabric backed wallpaper panel probably from "the old paper shop of Mr. Childs" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Display panel of matching borders and sidewall papers with Neoclassical Arabesque patterns. Moving from top to bottom of the panel, the papers are as follows: a border consisting of several ba...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cotton (textile), wood (plant material), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 292224

Accession Number: 2001.281.1084

Photograph of Wallpaper in situ

Black and white photographic image of floral vine wallpaper in situ. Multiple photographs are pasted side-by-side to form one large image. The wallpaper pattern appears to be a block-print in a light color on a darker colored ground or unground colored paper.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291078

Accession Number: 2001.281.975

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number 5703 by F. Schumacher & Company. Wallpaper border has a roller-printed top band of small circles followed by a larger band of Neocassical rosettes framed by acanthus leaves. Below this is a band with a twisted ribbon and circle motif. Tw...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291079

Accession Number: 2001.281.814.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Lyre Bird" pattern by F. Schumacher & Company manufactured as part of their Hobe Erwin Editions line. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of peacock-like birds sitting on flowering tree branches. Neoclassical lyres are arranged around the branches...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291080

Accession Number: 2001.281.815.1-.2

Drawings of Waterhouse Wallpaper, Inc. Logo

Two artist's hand-drawn designs of Waterhouse Wallpaper, Inc. logo on drawing or draft paper. 2001.281.976.1 has orange background rendered with colored pencil. A single Waterhouse Wallhangings' logo, which includes the company's acorn logo symbol, rendered in black pencil. Handwritten on the ver...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: drawing paper, colored pencils

GUSN: 291082

Accession Number: 2001.281.976.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Ribbon Stripe" pattern by F. Schumacher & Company manufactured under their Hobe Erwin Editions line. Wallpaper has repeating pattern of vertical stripes in varying widths. Roller-printed in blues, grays and white on a gray ground.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291084

Accession Number: 2001.281.816

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the reproduction wallpaper pattern "Norwell Stripe" by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc.

Date: 1975-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 291085

Accession Number: 2001.281.977

Reprodcution Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Chantilly Rose" pattern by Thomas Strahan Co. Wallpaper has large-scale pattern of roses with full blooms, buds, and trailing foliage. Possibly block-printed. Grays, greens, pinks and cream on a light gray ground.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer) E.J. Hickey & Co. (Dealer)

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

GUSN: 291086

Accession Number: 2001.281.817

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Primer Tales" pattern by Thomas Strahan Company. Wallpaper has a series of round medallions formed by floral and foliage garlands. Each medallion contains a vignette in the style of a wood-block print. Vignettes depict figures in nineteenth-century dre...

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291088

Accession Number: 2001.281.818

Wallpaper Transparency

Set of six transparencies used in production of the reproduction wallpaper pattern "Joseph Wendell House" by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Each transparency is painted with a different color element of the pattern. The transparencies are layered sequentially and taped in place on a piece of heavy stock ...

Date: 1992

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291089

Accession Number: 2001.281.978A-F

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized floral wallpaper from Eastham, Massachusetts. Wallpaper has all-over, dense pattern of stylized flowers. Roller-printed in brown, red, blue, black and pale yellow on light ochre ground. The "American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association" logo and a pattern number are printed,...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291111

Accession Number: 2001.281.979.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized floral wallpaper from Eastham, Massachusetts. Wallpaper has all-over, dense pattern of stylized flowers. Roller-printed in white, ochre, and yellow on yellow ground. The fragment is affixed to paperboard. Affixed to the other side of the paperboard is another sample of the s...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291114

Accession Number: 2001.281.979.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two cut samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "John Wing Stripe" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. Floral stripe pattern with stripes of small vine with berries, stylized floral vines, and bamboo. Roller-printed in two re...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291129

Accession Number: 2001.281.819AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two cut samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Leonard Bouquet" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. All-over pattern of flower bouquets roller-printed in gray, white, two greens, pink and red on brown ground. The pattern is ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291132

Accession Number: 2001.281.820AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of the reproduction wallpaper "Wellfleet" affixed to paperboard. Pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. Repeating geometric pattern of fleur de lis figures framed by tear-shaped cartouches over background of small fleur...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291135

Accession Number: 2001.281.821

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of the reproduction wallpaper "New Hampshire Stencil" affixed to paperboard. Pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. Pattern consists of wide stripe of stylized flowers on dense leafy branches and narrow stripes of overl...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291158

Accession Number: 2001.281.822

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of the reproduction diaper-pattern wallpaper "Provincetown Geometric." Sample is affixed to paperboard. Pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. Diamond-shaped trellis frames Gothic-style quatrefoils. Roller-printed in wh...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291163

Accession Number: 2001.281.823

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of the reproduction wallpaper "Acton Floral." Sample is affixed to paperboard. Pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. All-over floral pattern sprigs and sprays with large, red and yellow flowers on dark green leafy stems...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291168

Accession Number: 2001.281.824

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut samples in two colorways of the reproduction wallpaper "Ornamental Rose." Both samples affixed to individual pieces of paperboard. Wallpaper pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. All-over stylized floral. Small circles are us...

Date: 1950-1958

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291186

Accession Number: 2001.281.825.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Fragment of reproduction wallpaper "Thayer Blossom" produced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Small sprig pattern with palmette figures screen-printed in blue, black and white on yellow ground. The pattern is based on a late eighteenth-century wallpaper from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace,...

Date: 1985-1995

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 291197

Accession Number: 2001.281.826

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Three fragments of reproduction wallpaper border produced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. The border imitates architectural and plaster molding with several different bands of design: narrow upper band of beads and leaves; wide band of trophy figures encircled by wreaths of foliage and fruit; and ...

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 291200

Accession Number: 2001.281.827A-C

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut samples in two colorways of the reproduction wallpaper "Chinese Poppy" produced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Large-scale floral of poppy flowers and foliage on woody branches. The pattern is an outline only and in a single color. 2001.281.828.1 is roller-printed in green on cream ground. ...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291225

Accession Number: 2001.281.828.1-.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of reproduction wallpaper with pattern of birds and butterflies amongst curving and scrolling rose vines. Block-printed in two grays, two browns, pink, white, two blues, yellow and three greens on light green ground. The paper's surface is lightly textured.

Date: 1950-1990

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291233

Accession Number: 2001.281.829

Wallpaper Sample

Retailer's sample of Zuber & Cie wallpaper with diaper pattern. Foliate quatrefoils form diamonds framing stylized flower. Block-printed in blue and white on pink ground. Multiple stamps on the back of the paper for two retailers George & Frances Davison (in black) and Gould Morgan Crosby Furnitur...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 291234

Accession Number: 2001.281.830

Wallpaper Sample

Retailer's sample of neoclassical reproduction wallpaper. A vertical series of circular medallions of classical figures alternates with a series of vertically placed diamond and rectangular medallions of classical figures. The medallions are surrounded by a symmetrical pattern of small branches, w...

Date: 1950-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291249

Accession Number: 2001.281.831

Wallpaper

Fragment of Arts and Crafts wallpaper from Lexington, Massachusetts. Wide paper with large-scale pattern of a country house in a manicured landscape with shaped trees, a curving driveway, a fence and two peacocks in a sunken yard. Roller-printed in two greens, yellow, tan, brown, red, and blue on ...

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291261

Accession Number: 2001.281.980

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused, rolled wallpaper from Lexington, Massachusetts. Pattern of narrow green stripes with stylized black floral sprigs alternating with vertical stripes of small beads also printed in green and black. Roller-printed in green and black on green ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291270

Accession Number: 2001.281.981

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of an uncut roll of wallpaper border corners from Lexington, Massachusetts. The corners are large, with one corner per roll width. The fragment includes one full and one partial corner. The corners depict naturalistic, large-scale pink and yellow roses and foliage with intermingling gre...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291272

Accession Number: 2001.281.982

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of a roll of uncut wallpaper border corners from Lexington, Massachusetts. The paper is printed with one large corner per width of the roll. Three complete corners are present. The corners depict pink and cream roses and their foliage with intermingling gray ribbon against a white backgrou...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291273

Accession Number: 2001.281.983

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of a roll of unused wallpaper border corners from Lexington, Massachusetts. The paper is printed with two corners per roll width. The fragment includes six full corners and two partial corners. The corners depict pink roses and their foliage wrapped to a gold bar by winding gray ribbon. B...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291274

Accession Number: 2001.281.984

Teacup

One of a set of small pearlware handleless teacups and saucers with pink luster stripe on rim and base. Band of pink luster leaves, flowers and grapes. Set consists of two cups and four saucers.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 291276

Accession Number: 1958.342.1AB

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