Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll of uncut borders. Repeating stylized flower blossoms in red, blues and brown, framed by C-scrolls and bordered above and below by repeating floral sprigs. Printed against a metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178311

Accession Number: 2000.169

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern with floral medallion in the center of each losenge and separated by small diamonds. Printed in blue, red and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178312

Accession Number: 2000.2216

Wallpapered Book Cover

School book covered with a wallpaper patterned with horizontal stripes. Wide stripes have ovals surrounded by diagonal pinstripes. Printed in black, green and white on a blue ground. This could be a stripe pattern, but more probably a sheet of uncut borders.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178313

Accession Number: 2000.2218

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Allover pattern of densely arranged, small-scale, grey leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178314

Accession Number: 2000.228

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral border. Pattern consists of three rows of roses, in various sizes and groupings, alternating with architectural-type motifs, on a background with a gros-grain ribbon effect. Prints in two pinks, two greens, blue, brown, white on light pink ground.

Date: 1902-1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178315

Accession Number: 2000.266

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern with broad stripes. Printed in white, two greys, two blues, olive, gold, red, two pinks and yellow on a silver/grey and silver/blue ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178316

Accession Number: 2000.2231

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Quatrefoil, egg and dart design. Printed in orange, brown on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178317

Accession Number: 2000.268

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale grisaille roses, lilies, and poppies entwined with foliated scrolls. Printed in three grays and white on a pale pink ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178318

Accession Number: 2000.274

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped design of notched "pipes" with repeating floral and twig motif. Printed in green and red on a white ground. Drop match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178319

Accession Number: 2000.277

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating sprays of roses whose stems are tied with a berried vine. Overprinted with a fine screen. Printed in pale yellow and light green on a green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: O D Case's Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178320

Accession Number: 2000.279A-D

Wallpaper

Fragments (9 pieces). Renaissance Revival stripe. Cartouches framing flowers and allover diaper pattern. Printed blue and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178321

Accession Number: 2000.280A-I

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Printed in yellow on an ochre ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178322

Accession Number: 2000.281A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style. Dense, overlapping foliage with flowers. Stylized flowers. Geometric framework of circles, triangles and squares. Printed in two greens, gold, black, silver-grey and magenta on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178323

Accession Number: 2000.282

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral design. Printed in maroon, orange, olive, black and gold on a khaki green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178324

Accession Number: 2000.284

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large and small fleur-de-lis with irregular stripes. Printed in two greens, gold, silver and cream on an ochre ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178325

Accession Number: 2000.286

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped white on white satin paper.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178326

Accession Number: 2000.290

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grey dots in diamond pattern on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178327

Accession Number: 2000.291

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripe pattern. Light bluish/grey, vertical stripes on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178328

Accession Number: 2000.292

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Yellow stripe on green ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178329

Accession Number: 2000.294

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Moire patterned paper. Printed in white and silver on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178330

Accession Number: 2000.295

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Alternating stripes of light and dark grey overprinted by silver mica stripes.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178331

Accession Number: 2000.296

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Vertical pin-stripes printed in purple-pink and white on a white ground. Grosgrain embossed.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178332

Accession Number: 2000.297

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Vertical stripes printed in purple and white on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178333

Accession Number: 2000.298

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Prints in light blue-grey on white, polished ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178334

Accession Number: 2000.299

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped paper. Prints in light yellow on mustard/gold(?) mica ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178335

Accession Number: 2000.300

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