Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment of a display sample of blue floral wallpaper with attached gold flocked border from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Sidewall paper is block-printed with a large-scale floral pattern in blue and metallic gold on polished light blue ground. The border, affixed at the top of the sidewall fragment, ...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 292847

Accession Number: 2001.281.1106

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of rose medallion wallpaper from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Pattern of rose sprigs framed by small oval medallions with scalloped edges. Small bow knots tied to foliate swags form background pattern. Roller-printed in pink, red and dusty rose on red ground with mica flakes. Paper ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292848

Accession Number: 2001.281.1107

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper with pattern of evenly spaced white floral sprigs with delicate swags of metallic gold beading hanging from each. Roller-printed in metallic gold, pale green, olive and pale blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292849

Accession Number: 2001.281.1108

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of embossed wallpaper backed with cloth. Embossed pattern of all-over leafy branches growing flowers and peach-colored fruit. Butterflies fly between the branches. Embossed basket-weave background pattern. Pattern stenciled with green, orange and brown on orange ground. Appears to...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 292850

Accession Number: 2001.281.1109

Wallpaper Border

Two partial rolls of cornice or border wallpaper. The pattern, semi-circles framed by grisaille foliate scrolls against a background of blue and gold floral striped flocking, appears to be the top border or cornice of a set of matching panel papers. Block printed in three grays, pale green, metall...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 292851

Accession Number: 2001.281.1110AB

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused gilt-figure wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Diamond-shaped figures with foliate scrolls and flowers decorating upper points and hanging bell flowers and swags of beads decorating bottom point. Figures are embossed and gilded with gol...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292852

Accession Number: 2001.281.1111

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of gilt-figure wallpaper from the parlor of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Wallpaper is first layer of two. Second layer is still affixed over this paper. See 2001.281.1111, unused fragment of same paper. Pattern of diamond-shaped figures with foliate scro...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292855

Accession Number: 2001.281.1112.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper from the parlor of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Wallpaper is second layer of two. First layer is still affixed. All-over floral of groups of planted stylized flowers. Roller-printed in metallic gold, black, peach and pale green on b...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292861

Accession Number: 2001.281.1112.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the dining room of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Loose-stemmed floral bouquets form all-over pattern. Roller-printed in black, maroon, peach and pale yellow on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292864

Accession Number: 2001.281.1113

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. All-over pattern of flowers, grasses and hanging floral vines. Roller-printed in two light yellows, orange, pale green, olive, maroon and red on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292871

Accession Number: 2001.281.1114

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused wallpaper border from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. Large, green scrolling foliate vine on peach background flanked above and below by bands of maroon and yellow stylized flowers on ochre stripe. Roller-printed in three greens, pale yellow, maroon an...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292874

Accession Number: 2001.281.1115

Wallpaper Frieze

Rolled fragment of unused wide border or frieze wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. Floral medallions are formed by rose bouquets printed in light greens in held by scrolling acanthus leaves framed by metallic gold foliate vines and c-scrolls. Also areas of diamond s...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292875

Accession Number: 2001.281.1116

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral medallion wallpaper from the William H. Greeley homestead, Gloucester, Maine. See object file for letter written by Dorothy Waterhouse to Bernard Scott describing her visit to the Greeley house in 1979.Floral medallions are formed by white and light green rose bouqu...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292876

Accession Number: 2001.281.1117

Wallpaper

Two wall fragments of scenery figure wallpaper. Swiss architectural figures frame scenic vignettes, one of a couple crossing a rustic timber bridge and the other of mountain goats on an outcrop over water with a village and mountains in the background. The water and mountains in this scene are col...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292877

Accession Number: 2001.281.1118AB

Scenic Wallpaper Frieze

One large fragment and two small pieces of a scenic wallpaper frieze. Unlike scenic panels, the design on this roll is printed on the horizontal rather than vertical. Scene depicts a pastoral landscape with old mill will waterwheel to the left and a large estate house to the right. In the foregro...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292880

Accession Number: 2001.281.1119A-C

Scenic Wallpaper "Les voyages d'Anthenor"

Partial panel of the scenic wallpaper "Les voyages d'Anthenor" manufactured by Dufour, Paris, France. The panel depicts an arcade with Corinthian columns and statues on the balustrade. Two young men in classical dress carry spears and a gold drinking horns in the foreground. A large, palm tree to ...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Joseph Dufour (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 292881

Accession Number: 2001.281.1120

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Eastham Daisy" pattern (#21449) by Warner Company. Wallpaper has an all-over dense pattern of stylized daisies of various shapes. Roller-printed in white, tan and olive green on a yellow ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in the Freeman House...

Date: 1950-1960

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292886

Accession Number: 2001.281.832

Scenic Wallpaper

Partial panel of an unidentified scenic wallpaper. Early nineteenth-century waterfront market scene of men, probably sailors, and women socializing and examining merchandise. A woman kneels to examine fruit. Large ceramic jugs, two large anchors and a canon are nearby. Sailing vessels at anchor a...

Date: 1810-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292887

Accession Number: 2001.281.1121

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "John Wing Stripe" pattern (#21417) 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 ...

Date: 1950-1960

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292888

Accession Number: 2001.281.833

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of four intact layers of wallpaper from Hingham, Massachusetts. Earliest layer (2001.281.1122.1) is not clearly visible. It is a floral pattern, possibly a floral medallion, block-printed in yellow, orange and pink on blue ground. Date: 1810-1820. Layer 2 (2001.281.1122.2) is a gr...

Date: 1810-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292889

Accession Number: 2001.281.1122.1-.4

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4563, named "The Calais." Scrolling diaper-pattern with dark red waving vertical lines and red pin dots through-out the pattern in imitation of a woven textile. Roller-printed in red and dark red on light red ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291069

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.9

Wallpaper Tracing

Three fragments of a tracing made by Dorothy Waterhouse of the parlor wallpaper, John Quincy Adams House, Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral pattern. Tracing made with yellow and blue colored pencils on tracing paper.

Date: 1967

Maker: Waterhouse, Dorothy S. (Maker)

Material: tracing paper, colored pencils

GUSN: 291070

Accession Number: 2001.281.974A-C

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Stuyvesant Manor" pattern by F. Schumacher & Company. Wallpaper has an all-over large-scale pattern of highly stylized flowers, foliage and berries. Roller-printed. Two colorways are present: 2001.281.813.1 -- Gold on a beige ground (#657B657-28); and ...

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291077

Accession Number: 2001.281.813.1-.2

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

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