Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over foliate and vine reverse printed on a green field with black pin dots on a white ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178957

Accession Number: 1924.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Cone and leaf border printed in black and orange on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 178958

Accession Number: 1924.610

Border fragment of continuous vine with white and grey roses printed in four greens and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge. Attached to wallpaper fragment 1965.12.2D

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178959

Accession Number: 1965.12.2C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Cherry tree branches with leaves and blossoms. Printed in aqua, two pinks, two greens, grey, two blues, two tans and black on white ground. Attached to border 1965.12.2C

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178960

Accession Number: 1965.12.2D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Geometric design. Checked squares alternating with squares framing four anthemia. Printed in red on yellow ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Grant, Charles (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178961

Accession Number: 1965.11B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Striped paper composed of band of dots alternating with small repeating scrolls with foliate terminals. Printed in white on yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178962

Accession Number: 1965.10B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting ribbons of lace and filled with a pattern on 'X's and dots. Printed in red and white on brown (originally yellow?).

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178963

Accession Number: 1965.10C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Green stylized sprigs alternating with white floral medallions on buff ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178964

Accession Number: 1965.10A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover, small-scale, formal floral design in brown, olive and blue on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178965

Accession Number: 1980.237.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of trailing floral vine with tendrils and scrolls alternating with floral medallions draped by beaded garland.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178966

Accession Number: 1980.237.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Narrow, two blues stripe on a wider beige stripe which alternates with a stripe of white, horizontal pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178967

Accession Number: 1980.237.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale diaper pattern. Raised coffer-like design in tan and white enclosing dark green field.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178968

Accession Number: 1971.47

Wallpaper

Fragments. Overall pattern not discernable. Raised design on black, textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178969

Accession Number: 1980.238

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grid of provencals in maroon and white with patera centers and white solid circles at the corners. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178970

Accession Number: 1971.46

Wallpaper

Fragments. Brown medallion alternating with cock surrounded by green and black leaves printed on light brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178710

Accession Number: 1988.133A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border with small floral elements in brown and orange along bottom edges. Center composed of groups of five white, narrow diagonal stripes separated by five pin dots on green ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178711

Accession Number: 1988.134

Wallpaper border

Unused sample of French Zuber border. Grey foliate vine intertwined with golden vine which has regularly spaced groups of three leaves on a rust flocked ground.

Date: 1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178712

Accession Number: 1923.535

Wallpaper border

Rose border block printed in four pinks, four blues, two browns, two golds, yellow, and gray with olive green and dark green flock overprinted in black and bright green on white satin ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: Probably Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178713

Accession Number: 1923.536

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Continuous band of wild roses printed in three pinks, red, white and two greys with olive green, flocked foliage over printed in two greens on a polished white ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178714

Accession Number: 1923.537

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of scrolling foliage. Printed in cream, pink and gold on a natural unground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Janeway & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178716

Accession Number: 1978.198

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliage and ivy. Printed in four greens on a polished white ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178717

Accession Number: 1978.200

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover scrolling foliage with C-scrolls. Printed in a pale peach and gold on a soft pink ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178718

Accession Number: 1978.190A

Wallpaper

Portion of wallpaper roll endpaper with label: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANGING PRESSED PAPERS. Take one roll at a time and cut into requisite strips. Then paste said strips, using very heavy paste thereto, working it well into the paper, but not allowing the strips to soak too long. Now trim the selvage a...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178719

Accession Number: 1978.190B

Wallpaper Hanging Instructions

Fragment of wallpaper roll with the following printed on the label: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANGING PRESSED PAPERS Take one roll at a time and cut into requisite strips. Then paste said strips, using very heavy paste thereto, working it well into the paper but not allowing the strips to saok too long. Now...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178720

Accession Number: 1978.199D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliage and flowers. Printed in two greens, two browns and gold on a light brown ground. Pebble embossed.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178721

Accession Number: 1978.199AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Scrolling foliage. Printed in white, cream, charcoal, liquid mica and brown on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178722

Accession Number: 1978.202.2A-C

Unused sample. Allover pattern of blossoming twigs. Cherry or crabapple blossoms printed in two pinks, rose, two greens, taupe and yellow on an embossed, beige ground. Drop match,

Date: 1934-1945

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178742

Accession Number: 1992.797

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern framed by green dotted losenges with red rosettes at the intersections enclosing green four-petaled flower. Printed in red and two greens on a white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178743

Accession Number: 1992.792

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of oak, maple, chestnut and poplar leaves in autumn colors: salmon, green, taupe and dark gray on a pale yellow ground. Straight match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178744

Accession Number: 1992.788

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover Chinoiserie design of large peony plant and blossoming tree with pagoda. Printed in green on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178745

Accession Number: 1992.791

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of waterlillies in bud and bloom set against swirls and bubbles depicting water. Prints in two pinks, two greens, blue, gray on light yellow ground. Varnished.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178746

Accession Number: 1992.802

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