Historic New England

Wallpaper

Floral wallpaper fragments from the Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. All-over floral pattern in the Aesthetic style. Stylized flowers and leafy branches. Liquid mica pin dots highlight the pattern figures. Roller-printed in cream on light cream ground. "Keystone" printed in selvedge. Frag...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 286703

Accession Number: 2001.281.493

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed all over with floral sprays. Printed in gray, beige and maroon on beige ground. Fragment is top layer with 2000.1669.3.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286704

Accession Number: 2000.1669.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating grid of ovals framed by radiating angular blocks. Printed in beige and blue on light beige ground. Middle layer of paper with 2000.1669.2D and 2000.1669.4.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286705

Accession Number: 2000.1669.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper printed with allover design of stylized floral and leaf sprays on curving pindot vines. Printed in green, brown and gray on beige ground. Four fragements are present in layers with other papers: the first (A) with 2000.1669.1A and 2000.1670A; the second (B) with 2000.1669.1B an...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286706

Accession Number: 2000.1669.2A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment of Anglo-Japanese style floral wallpaper from Sandwich, Massachusetts. Allover pattern of stylized flowers and fruit. Roller-printed in yellow, white, brown and black on polished mustard-colored ground. Pattern no. "2193" printed in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286707

Accession Number: 2001.281.494

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Wallpaper printed with all over geometric design of three-dimensional cubes with chained sides and floral/star motifs on the faces. Block printed in brown, white and black on a blue ground. Two fragments are present in layers with other papers: the first (A) with 2000.1669.2A a...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286708

Accession Number: 2000.1669.1AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from the Nye Homestead in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Undulating vine with leaves and berries alternates with geometric diamond stripe. Block-printed in white on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheet. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Nye Homestead" in the ...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286709

Accession Number: 2001.281.495AB

Wallpaper

Trellis and medallion patterned wallpaper removed from the 1850 addition of the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Fragment A remains affixed to the back of two later layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in gray, white, olive and maroon on a light gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286716

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.1A-F

Wallpaper

Foliate pattern wallpaper removed from the 1850 addition to the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Second layer of three layer sample. Fragment A remains affixed between earlier and later layers. Roller-printed pink, yellow, cream, tan, brown, green and metallic gold on an off-white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286717

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper with liquid mica stripe removed from the 1850 addition to the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Fragment is uppermost layer of three layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in pale yellow, ochre, two grays, white, metallic gold and liquid mica on light gray ground. Pa...

Date: 1890

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286718

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.3

Wallpaper

Unused fagment of floral wallpaper from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Allover floral pattern roller-printed in black, brown, yellow, maroon and beige on brown ground. Pattern number 859.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286726

Accession Number: 2001.281.497

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Embossed and gilded floral figures. Background floral vine pattern block-printed in light gray on off white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, gilding, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286727

Accession Number: 2001.281.498

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper from South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Medallion and leaf pattern on rainbow ground. Central row or stripe of medallion figures circled by stylized flowers and scrolls. Many elements of the medallion are highlighted by diagonal striping. Medallions are flanked on both side...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286728

Accession Number: 2001.281.499A-C

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper from Sudbury, Massachusetts. Ogee pattern with stylized foliate figures. Roller-printed in brown, green, white, metallic gold and metallic copper on dusty purple ground. Reproduced in the Waterhouse collection by Warner.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286732

Accession Number: 2001.281.500

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating bouquets of flowers between a diamond-shaped grid made of scrolling floral vines. Machine printed in pinks, greens and dark brown on cream background. Small fragment of an earlier layer is on back but pattern cannot be determined.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286738

Accession Number: 1996.143.1063

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper printed with acanthus motifs within scrolling latticework grid. Printed in gold on cream ground.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286739

Accession Number: 1996.143.1061A-K

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with stylized swag motifs. Printed in grays, orange, white and black on blue ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286740

Accession Number: 2002.47.1

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with meandering vine of stylized flowers and leaves between solid top and bottom borders. Printed in maroon, gold, black and white on blue ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286741

Accession Number: 2002.47.2

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with stylized swag and floral motifs. Printed in white, black and browns on brown ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286742

Accession Number: 2002.47.3

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with repeating geometric, stylized floral and scroll motifs. Printed in brown, gray, white, and pink on brown ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286743

Accession Number: 2002.47.4

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with repeating stylized flowers and leaves beneath a top border of two rows of dots and above a bottom border of two solid stripes. Printed in brown, beige, gold, white, pink and orange on a brown ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286744

Accession Number: 2002.47.5

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with repeating geometric shapes and stylized flowers.Printed in brown, gold, black and white on red ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286745

Accession Number: 2002.47.6

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed with a variation of a Greek key motif. Printed in gold and beige on a crimson ground. Small edging of paper below border evident on edge shows gold motifs on a brown ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286746

Accession Number: 2002.47.7

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with meandering floral and leaf motifs. Printed in green, crimson, yellow, browns and orange on brown ground. Mounted on cardboard on top of another layer of paper.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286747

Accession Number: 2002.47.8

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with stylized Eqgyptian motifs. Printed in peach, gray, white, brown and metallic gold on orange background. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286748

Accession Number: 2002.47.9

Wallpaper Border

Unusd sample. Wallpaper border printed with flowers above a geometric block bottom border. Printed in white, gray, clack and peach on a blue ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286749

Accession Number: 2002.47.10

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with stylized Greek revival motifs.Printed in gray, white orange, brown, green, crimson and metallic gold on a crimson ground. Mounted on cardboard on top of two earlier papers.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286750

Accession Number: 2002.47.11

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with flowes and leaves above a bottom border of dots and vertical lines. Printed in reds, blues, and greens on an olive green background. Mounted on cardboard on top of two other papers.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286751

Accession Number: 2002.47.12

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with repeating flowers and leaves. Printed in yellow, white, greens and metallic gold on orange ground. Mounted on cardboard on top of another paper.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286752

Accession Number: 2002.47.13

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with diamond-shaped lozenges filled with quatre-foil motifs and dots. Other geometric motifs and stripes are also present. Printed on embossed paper in crimson, brown, metallic blue, metallic gold and metallic peach on a gold ground. Mounted on cardboard.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286753

Accession Number: 2002.47.14

Wallpaper Border

Sample. Wallpaper border printed with stylized flowes with top geometric border. Printed in black and metallic gold on crimson ground. Mounted on cardboard on top of another paper.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286754

Accession Number: 2002.47.15

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Victorian" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with repeating octagonal coffers in two sizes separated by arabesques and framing rose colored fields with grid of eight-pointed stars and single stylized leaf. Machine printed in tan, white, rose and pink on a grey ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287043

Accession Number: 2000.888

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Westwood" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with narrow stripe of small blue entwined floral vine alternating with stripe of light blue stylized blossoms, scrolling leaves and berries. Machine printed on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287044

Accession Number: 2000.889

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Sunny Side" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with grid formed by stylized vines and blossoms framing alternating rose sprays and mixed floral sprays. Printed in taupe on a cream background.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287049

Accession Number: 2000.890

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Teddy Roosevelt's Nursery Paper" by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with vertically repeating vignettes of seaside village with mill and sailboats, traverlers in a wooded glen, and view of a Medieval village. Machine printed in tan, peach, brown, blue, blue-green, and white on a...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287050

Accession Number: 2000.891

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Windsor Rose" pattern by Birge (Buffalo, NY) with an all-over design of large scale rose sprays. Machine printed in brown, red, pink, rose, two greens, grey and beige on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287051

Accession Number: 2000.892

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Lincoln's Box at Ford Theatre" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Striped design with wide band of small mauve floral and leaf sprigs alternating with narrow stripe of black entwined vine edged with mauve floral "lace". Screen printed on a polished maroon ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287052

Accession Number: 2000.893

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "New England Colonial Gothic" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with grisaille Gothic archesa and niches entwined with ivy framing view of meidieval castle. Machine printed in two greys and metallic gold on a light grey ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287053

Accession Number: 2000.894

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Governor Gore Mansion" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with a loosely arranged repeated motif of a peacock perched in a flowering and berried plant. Machine printed in two browns, three greens, yellow and two blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287054

Accession Number: 2000.895

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Colonel Pope" pattern by Birge (Buffalo NY) with an ashlar pattern of alternating panals of floral and fruit sprays and rosettes framed by scrolling foliage. Machine printed in yellow, ochre and metallic gold.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287055

Accession Number: 2000.896

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival wallpaper fragment. Naturalistic rose bouquet framed by c-scrolls and strapwork. Block-printed in three grays, white, green, and red on polished white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287056

Accession Number: 2001.281.517

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of "Graeme Park" border: A has two rows of a border composed of geoemtric designs bordered above and below by a continuous band of white scalloped edging. Screen printed in black, orange and white on a light olive green ground. B has a single row of soffit border composed...

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287057

Accession Number: 2000.897AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Moffett-Ladd" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Imitation plaster work design with Gothic panels framing fleurons and enclosed by scrolling flowers and foliate. Screen printed in white, grey, brown and burnt umber on yellow ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287058

Accession Number: 2000.898

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Graeme Park Dining Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Diaper pattern with lozenges formed by repeating quatrefoils framing larger quatrefoils. Printed in blue, geige and black on white ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287059

Accession Number: 2000.899

Wallpaper

Unsued sample. Wallpaper in "Washington Headquarters - Valley Forge (Guest Room)" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of petrite black and blue sprigs on beige ground. Screen printed.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287060

Accession Number: 2000.900

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clarkson Watson House (Dining Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Continuous meandering pine cones and pine boughs bordered on the left side by a vine of gathered evergreen entwined by a flowering vine. Screen printed in two greens and white on beige ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287061

Accession Number: 2000.901

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wall paper in the "Washington's Headquarters" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of stylized flowers and scrolling foliage. Screen printed in olive green, brown, metallic gold and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1970s

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287062

Accession Number: 2000.902

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Graeme Park (Study)" pattern by Reed, Ltd. All-over design of repeated small metallic gold six-pointed stars. Screen printed on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287063

Accession Number: 2000.903

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border in "The Morris-Jumel Mansion" (Tea Room) pattern. Two attached borders of morning glories and iby leaves framed by beading. In one border the flowers are separating birds drinking from a fountain. In the second, the flowers alternate with an urn flanked by birds with ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287065

Accession Number: 2000.904

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "The Morris-Jumel Mansion Tea Room" pattern by Reed, Ltd. Wide stripes of morning glory vines alternating with wide stripes of stylized floral sprigs. Screen printed in twelve colors, predominantly greens, pruples and browns.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287066

Accession Number: 2000.905

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