Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation plaster work brackets, moulding and coffers framing view of landscape with mountains and lake. Printed above a row of repeating geometric motifs. Printed in grey, black, tan, two greens, two blues, red, pink, and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176952

Accession Number: 1985.826

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design in orange, tan and green, possibly varnished. No motif.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176953

Accession Number: 1985.834A-E

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating vignettes of thatched roof cottage and blossoming trees with split rail fence. Printed in pink, light blue, green, ochre, brown, grey and taupe on a beige ground and overprinted with metallic gold linear lines and grid of white hatch marks.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176954

Accession Number: 1985.838AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Incomplete width. Diaper pattern formed by simple vine forming ovals and framing floral sprigs. Printed in white, taupe, tan and pale blue on a polished grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176955

Accession Number: 1985.839

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large diaper pattern formed by ochre cabled losenges with foliated diamonds at the intersections. Printed on a cream ground.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176956

Accession Number: 1985.840AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined vines with rose blossoms printed in short horizontal brown and metallic gold lines on an embossed, tan ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176957

Accession Number: 1985.842

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of delicate, entwined and scrolling vine in light green with liquid mica berries. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176958

Accession Number: 1985.844

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined, stylized flowers. Printed in pale yellow and accented with metallic copper dots on an embossed, orange ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176959

Accession Number: 1985.846

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt figured paper of sprigs of various sizes and varieties of naturalistic flowers. Embossed and gilded on a cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176960

Accession Number: 1985.849

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille rose sprigs on narrow ochre pinstripes against a grisaille, imitation silk moire field. Printed in two greys and ochre on a polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176961

Accession Number: 1985.850

Wallpaper

Partial roll in two pieces. Allover design of two repeating, square tiles. One square encloses a geometric motif and the other encloses a geometric quatrefoil. Printed in red, green, yellow, black, brown and grey.

Date: 1915-1921

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176962

Accession Number: 1985.773ab

Wallpaper

Allover, trailing, floral vine with stylized flowers and bellflowers printed in red, ochre, blue, green, metallic gold and white liquid mica. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176963

Accession Number: 1985.774

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample in three fragments. Tile design of alternating squares framing dandelions and stylized floral sprigs.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176964

Accession Number: 1985.791A-C

Wallpaper

Three rolled remnants. Allover design of chrysanthemum-like flowers in pink, blue and metallic gold with olive berries. Possible ceiling paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176965

Accession Number: 1985.805A-C

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Poppy motif framed by diapered strapwork printed in light green on green flock.

Date: 1890-1916

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Probably A.H. Davenport

GUSN: 176966

Accession Number: 1985.796

Wallpaper

Large-scale, stylized flower framed by serpentine foliate scroll and foliate vine. Roller-printed in yellow and green flocking on metallic silver ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: H. Scott Richmond & Co. (Manufacturer) Mott, Henry H. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 176967

Accession Number: 1985.777

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Salmon and red urns and oil lamps connected by bellflower swags and patera and supported by a base of arabesques. Printed on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176968

Accession Number: 1985.852A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overall baroque floral in imitation of cut velvet. Mustard, red, white on a yellow-green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177120

Accession Number: 1969.578.11A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern. Allover grid of octagons and circles printed in green and two lavenders with gold dust on a light green ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177121

Accession Number: 1969.596A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn with fruit flanked by foliate scrolls and cornucopia. Printed in five shades of brown and accented with metallic gold on a brown flocked ground.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177122

Accession Number: 1940.976B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Medium-sized meandering leaves and branches with some berried terminals. Printed in ochre, tan, rust and metallic gold and silver on beige ground embossed with basket weave texture. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1901

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177123

Accession Number: 1969.594

Wallpaper

Fragment. Balustrade in grisaille with blue ground. Probably dado paper.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177124

Accession Number: 1969.589

Wallpaper

Brown, green, white on a gold ground. Rhonish landscape; castle atop riverside crag. Imitation leather.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177125

Accession Number: 1969.605

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Continuous band of grey flowers and reddish-brown berries with yellow centers. Printed on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177126

Accession Number: 1969.580.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of roses in brown, tan and maroon alternating with stripe of white flowers on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177127

Accession Number: 1969.580.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal grid of stylized floral cartouches separated by fleur-de-lis. Printed in maroon, gold, olive and light green on ground with horizontal pinstripes.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177128

Accession Number: 1969.581.2

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Allover, stylized snowflake-type floral. Pale yellow, tan and red on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177129

Accession Number: 1969.581.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Woodgrain paper in tan and ochre.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177130

Accession Number: 1969.581.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small sprig set off by strapwork, against a vaguely Gothic grid background. Printed in blue, brown and green on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177131

Accession Number: 1969.585.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Initmation of cut velvet, diagonal grid of scrolled cartouche forms. Painted in two greens, olive green, mint green and black on unground, buff colored paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177132

Accession Number: 1969.581.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate C-scrolls in white green and red on unground? paper.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177133

Accession Number: 1969.585.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral in pink, maroon, olive green and yellow on a grey (once white?) ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177134

Accession Number: 1969.585.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fagments. Undulating acanthus leaves framing rosettes. Printed in brown, maroon, tan and yellow on burnt sienna flocked field.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177135

Accession Number: 1969.590.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Border of three overlapping daisies in white and gold alternating with gold husks on green field. Printed in two browns, tan, ochre, two greys, white and two greens.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177136

Accession Number: 1969.590.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small diaper pattern in peach with maroon floral element at intersection on a polished light peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177137

Accession Number: 1969.591.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Bead and reel horizontal band with suspended husk or "gimp" printed in grisaille "in front" of blue scalloped raised panels. Printed on off-white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177138

Accession Number: 1969.591.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White lattice and two, blue ivy foliage and vine with yellow berries printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177139

Accession Number: 1969.591.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Flocked border. Six-sided star in metallic gold and tan outlined in dark green and red on maroon flocked field. Printed on peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177140

Accession Number: 1969.591.1B

Wallpaper

Rainbow wallpaper with yellow to orange blended floral medallions and serpentine foliate curves in white on a blended polished ground of green, yellow and orange.

Date: 1830-1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177141

Accession Number: 1969.576

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale, allover design of red and black berries on a brown stem with meandering grass or vine in white. Printed on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177142

Accession Number: 1969.588

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese stylized flowers and foliage with Japanese medallions and shells. Printed in olive, tan, black and orange-red on ochre ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177143

Accession Number: 1969.593

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Moon, stars and sunbursts printed in tan, grey and metallic gold on cream ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177144

Accession Number: 1969.599

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese floral pattern. Asymmetrical arrangement of flowers within geometric frames and in filled with geometric patterns. Printed in maroon, turquoise, orange, olive and metallic gold on black ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177145

Accession Number: 1969.600

Wallpaper

Vertical stripes. Plain broad stripe framed by narrower stripe. Burgundy printed on a red ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177146

Accession Number: 1969.606

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Large feathery leaves and flowers. Embossed. Silver mica, gold mica, sand, light brown on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177147

Accession Number: 1969.783A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Greek key pattern stripe with stylized leaf ornaments, fretwork and lobed cartouches within stripes. Printed in two shades grey, crimson, brown, black and white on a pale grey-blue ground

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177148

Accession Number: 1969.580.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Renaissance Revival. Stripe. Repeating red and green schematic flowers within blue and green cartouches bordered by diaper pattern stripe. Printed on polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177149

Accession Number: 1969.580.2