Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Strawberry" pattern by Cole & Son (London) featuring diagonally repeating strawberry plants with flowers and berries printed in green, white, pink and yellow and outlined in metallic gold. Block printed on a striated navy blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286811

Accession Number: 2000.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Date: 20th C.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286813

Accession Number: 2000.865

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Crace Diaper" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by fleurons within lozenges with stylized flowers at the intersections. Block printed in pale grey-green on a white ground. Based on a pattern designed by Augustus W. N. Pugin for J. G. Crace (...

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286814

Accession Number: 2000.868

Wallpaper

Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286817

Accession Number: 2001.281.505AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Flower Spray" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with repeated sprays of stylized flowers and flower buds on a field of stylized floral sprigs. Block printed in tan on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286819

Accession Number: 2000.860

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clandon" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by simple berried vine framing eight-pointed star or stylized flower. Block printed in aubergine on a bright red ground. Pattern is based on a flocked English pattern of 1810-1820; however, flocking...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286820

Accession Number: 2000.867

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Haddon Hall" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale Moorish tile design. Block printed in brown on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286821

Accession Number: 2000.870

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Whickham" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a stylized floral trail with bellfowers bordered by stylized sprigs on a dotted field. Block printed in peach on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286822

Accession Number: 2000.874

Photograph

Black-and-white photograph of a painting of William D. Nickels. Modern black frame.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 286826

Accession Number: 1958.363

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Chinese Trellis" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a trellis design of samll joined octagons. Block printed in three blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286828

Accession Number: 2000.875

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a watery blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286829

Accession Number: 2000.871

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a transparent red ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286831

Accession Number: 2000.872

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Quatrefoil" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by quatrefoils within Gothic tracery. Block printed in tan on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286832

Accession Number: 2000.873

Drawing of Codman House

Pencil drawing of the Codman House, matted and framed.

Date: 1873

Maker: Codman, Catherine Codman, d. 1892 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286833

Accession Number: 1969.19050

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Templenewsam" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a very large baroque design with central pinecone or pine floral motif. Block printed on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286837

Accession Number: 2000.877

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Gothic Lily" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with stems of lilies alternating with roses within tracery frames edged with brattishing and ornamented with quatrefoils at the intersections. Block printed in green, cream, red, blue, black and metallic gold on a brown gro...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286838

Accession Number: 2000.878

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the front hall of a house in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Only a portion of the entire floral medallion pattern remains. The remaining section is a large floral bouquet tied with a ribbon surrounded by white stylized flower and scroll elements. Block-printed in pink, white, a...

Date: 1829

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286840

Accession Number: 2001.281.506A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Acanthus" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over pattern of scrolling acanthus leaves. Block printed in red on a cadmium red ground and textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286841

Accession Number: 2000.879

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Acanthus" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over pattern of scrolling acanthus leaves. Block printed in brown on a light brown ground and textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286842

Accession Number: 2000.880

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Beatrix" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over Aesthetic stylized floral design of peonies and irises with scrolling leaves. Reverse printed in brown on a transparent light brown ground and roughly textured paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286843

Accession Number: 2000.881

Wall hook

One of a pair of brass hooks. Plate of hook rectangular with egg-like edge. Hook with rose-shaped finial.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 286844

Accession Number: 1958.365.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Beatrix" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with an all-over Aesthetic stylized floral design of peonies and irises with scrolling leaves. Reverse printed in burnt sienna on a transparent burnt sienna ground and roughly textured paper. Based on a block printed English wa...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286845

Accession Number: 2000.882

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Poppy" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale all-over design of pink poppies against a field of leafy brown foliage. Block printed on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286846

Accession Number: 2000.883

Wall hook

One of a pair of brass hooks. Plate of hook rectangular with egg-like edge. Hook with rose-shaped finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 286847

Accession Number: 1958.365.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Coalport" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with large diaper pattern formed by berried vines with flower blossoms at the intersection and framing floral sprays. Machine printed in yellow and ochre against a field of tan stripes on a cream ground. Reproduced from an E...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286860

Accession Number: 2000.936

Wallpaper

Two fragments of diaper patterned wallpaper from the John Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Small-scale diamond pattern roller-printed in white and blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286690

Accession Number: 2001.281.491AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with abstract horizontal v-shapes and framed medallions enclosing a leaf motif. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in two greens, white and dark brown on yellow ground.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286691

Accession Number: 1994.55.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with overall grid of squares formed by pindots. Alternating squares contain stylized leaf motifs and stylized floral and leaf medallions. Printed in white and cream on pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286693

Accession Number: 1994.55.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border printed in ribbon and bow pattern with top and bottom edgings of horizontal ovals. Block printed in blues, greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground. Two border fragments are present with other layers of wallpaper: one (a) with 2000.1669.1a and 2000.1669.2a; t...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286700

Accession Number: 2000.1670AB

Wallpaper

Unused landscape scene wallpaper fragments from Dracut, Massachusetts. Two brightly colored vignettes of dancers and grape harvesters framed by grape vines. Roller-printed in eighteen colors on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286702

Accession Number: 2001.281.492A-G

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

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