Historic New England

Envelope

Paper envelope; front painted black; stencilled in gold; flower and leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating), stenciling

GUSN: 259662

Accession Number: 2002.32.26A

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; seven flowers, fruit, leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259663

Accession Number: 2002.32.26B

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259664

Accession Number: 2002.32.26C

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259665

Accession Number: 2002.32.26D

Envelope

Paper envelope; painted black on front; setncilled in gold; leaf and flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 259666

Accession Number: 2002.32.27A

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; floral and leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259667

Accession Number: 2002.32.27B

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; floral and leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259668

Accession Number: 2002.32.27C

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; leaf and stem.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259669

Accession Number: 2002.32.27D

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; floral and leaf; tape on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools), tape (materials)

GUSN: 259670

Accession Number: 2002.32.27E

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259671

Accession Number: 2002.32.27F

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259672

Accession Number: 2002.32.27G

Envelope

Paper envelope; painted black on front; stencilled in gold; scroll work and border.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 259673

Accession Number: 2002.32.28A

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; elaborate scrollwork; pencil marks at bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259674

Accession Number: 2002.32.28B

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; elaborate scroll work.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259675

Accession Number: 2002.32.28C

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; scallop border

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259676

Accession Number: 2002.32.28D

Envelope

Paper envelope; front painted black; stencilled in gold; flower, leaves, and stem.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 259683

Accession Number: 2002.32.29A

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; flower and leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259684

Accession Number: 2002.32.29B

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; large flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259685

Accession Number: 2002.32.29C

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; scalloped border.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259686

Accession Number: 2002.32.29D

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; decorative border.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259687

Accession Number: 2002.32.29E

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; elaborate leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259688

Accession Number: 2002.32.29F

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; leaf veining; pencil marks.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 259689

Accession Number: 2002.32.29G

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; abstracted leaf.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259690

Accession Number: 2002.32.29H

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; leaf border with geometric tip; faint pencil marks.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 259691

Accession Number: 2002.32.29I

Envelope

Paper envelope; front painted black; stencilled in gold; leaf and scroll.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 259692

Accession Number: 2002.32.30A

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-406 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. Screen-printed in green and white ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288753

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.36

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 3-384 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of elongated quatrefoil medallions. Screen-printed in genuine gold leaf on a cream ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing, gold leaf

GUSN: 288756

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.37

Wallpaper border

Fragment of a wide floral border from Westbrook, Maine with fragment of attached Anglo-Japanese sidewall (see 2001.281.611.2ab). Floral border featuring roses, sunflowers and acanthus leaves with upper and lower border of stylized overlapping leaves. Roller-printed in iridescent metallic copper, pu...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288757

Accession Number: 2001.281.611.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of Anglo-Japanese wallpaper from Westbrook, Maine. Patchwork pattern of square, rectanglular and semi-circular geometric designs and Asian-influenced figures. Prominent elements include a diagonally-placed rectangle containing figures that resemble Arabic writing and a building, fram...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288761

Accession Number: 2001.281.611.2A-C

Wallpaper Sample Folder

Paper folder holding unbound "Liberty" wallpaper samples, similiar to a Wallpaper Sample Book. Produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Gray paper with crimson printing. Contains a letter (2014.2.2) and nine folded wallpaper samples.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288763

Accession Number: 2014.2.1

Wallpaper border

Multiple fragments of wallpaper border from West Buxton, Maine. Pattern of white and brown, undulating, oblong figures resembling floating feathers. Block-printed in brown, white and black on laid paper. Fragments (a) and (b) attached to sidewall paper 2001.281.2.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288816

Accession Number: 2001.281.612.1A-F

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments with floral swag pattern from West Buxton, Maine. Floral figures and swags block-printed in orange and blue on light blue ground. Printed on uncut French book plates. Laid paper. For accompanying border fragments see 2001.281.612.1a-f

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288817

Accession Number: 2001.281.612.2A-D

Wallpaper

Small fragment of striped wallpaper. Block-printed in blue on peach ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288820

Accession Number: 2001.281.613

Wallpaper

Yellow and pink butterflies with black-tipped wings fly among loose sprays of flowers and grasses roller-printed in metallic gold and light blue, black, yellow, pink and gray on white ground. The paper is embossed with a horizontal rib texture.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288821

Accession Number: 2001.281.614

Wallpaper

Hand-drawn and colored wallpaper sample or pre-production mock-up. Asian figures and ceramic vessels, most on stands, on a striped background. Figures repeat, as a wallpaper pattern would, but the color of figures varies and placement is not exactly repeated. Figures are painted in greens, grays, ...

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 288884

Accession Number: 2001.281.615

Ceiling Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment printed with two ceiling corner figures from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Each corner figure is a stylized flower and palm fan placed at a 45 degree angle over a right triangle. The triangle is colored in yellow and peach and outlined in dark maroon. The outer edges of corn...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288885

Accession Number: 2001.281.616

Ceiling Wallpaper

Unused fragment of ceiling corner paper from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Corner figure features a central gold circle with floral bouquet flanked by scrolling leaves and flowers. From the center of the bouquet rises a fan-like figure that terminates with three branches with three leaves each. Belo...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288886

Accession Number: 2001.281.617

Newpaper printed on wallpaper

A page of the "The Stars and Stripes" newspaper, Thibodaux, Louisiana dated February 21, 1863, printed on wallpaper. Wallpaper pattern is a Renaissance Revival roller-printed floral pattern in powdery white and blue pigment on gray ground.

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288887

Accession Number: 2001.281.618

Newspaper printed on wallpaper

Front page, printed in French, and back page, printed in English, of "The Thibodaux Sentinel," Thibodaux, Louisiana dated December 13, 1862 printed on wallpaper. Wallpaper is printed with a Renaissance Revival pattern with central bouquet on a shelf surrounded by c-scrolls, strapwork and floral swa...

Date: 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288888

Accession Number: 2001.281.619

Advertisement printed on wallpaper

The advertisement, "For Relic Seekers," printed around 1895, is a reprint of the July 4, 1863 edition of the Vicksburg, Mississippi "Daily Citizen." It was distributed by the Gage Tool Company (1883-1919) of Vineland, New Jersey. Due to paper shortages during the siege of Vicksburg, the "Daily Citi...

Date: 1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint

GUSN: 288889

Accession Number: 2001.281.620A-D

Reproduction of newspaper printed on wallpaper

Two copies of a reproduction of the July 4, 1863 edition of the Vicksburg, Mississippi newspaper, "The Daily Citizen." Due to paper shortages during the siege of Vicksburg, the newspaper was printed on wallpaper, which this replica copies. The wallpaper is printed with a small floral medallion pat...

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), newsprint, embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288890

Accession Number: 2001.281.621.1-.2

Marketing Letter

Undated typed letter on Allen-Doane & Company letterhead. Letter describes screen printed reproduction wallpapers produced by company and provides information on how to order. Letter is included in folder cotaining loose wallpaper samples.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288892

Accession Number: 2014.2.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed i...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288893

Accession Number: 2014.2.3

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP2-316, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of octagons filled with stylized flowers and square medallions arranged in horizontal rows. Screen printed in green and rust on...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288894

Accession Number: 2014.2.4

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-378 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. Screen printed in white on a light...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288895

Accession Number: 2014.2.5

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-380, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover diaper pattern with stylized quatrefoils contained within diamond-shaped motifs. Screen printed in dark pink and white on a pink ground. ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288896

Accession Number: 2014.2.6

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-384 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of repeating octagons enclosing stylized flowers. Octagons are separated by square medallions composed of four palmette-shaped motifs. Scr...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288897

Accession Number: 2014.2.7

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-385, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of elongated quatrefoil medallions. Screen printed in metallic gold on a taupe ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288898

Accession Number: 2014.2.8

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-406 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale medallion stripe pattern with highly stylized motifs including acanthus leaves, flowers and leaves. Screen printed in green and white ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288899

Accession Number: 2014.2.9

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample of wallpaper border manufactured by Bassett & Vollum of Chicago, IL. Pattern has repeating motif of highly stylized rococo acanthus leaves bordered by top and bottom horizontal lines. Screen printed in black, white and brown on a taupe ground. Probably a reproduction pattern. Sample wa...

Date: 1943-1963

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288900

Accession Number: 2014.2.10

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