Victorian Wallpaper: Birds Designs
83 Victorian Wallpaper designs of birds, from the Library of Congress archive.
Anglo-Japanesque sidewall and border
1885
Portion, lacking much of its finished surface, showing…
1700
Gilded field, diapered, tulips, carnation, roses, with a…
1700
Varnished silver, green, red and black
1750
A) A bird perched on a flower, with a worm in its mouth
1700
Embossed with scrollwork and foliage, two game birds on a…
1680
Birds and flowers in white bands
1820
Imitation leather paper containing urn with tulips and…
1875
Frames with fruit and urn with bird and butterfly, printed…
1835
Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver,…
1700
Full width with centered medallion of roses and bird…
1855
Smaller portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished…
1700
Arabesque intermediate panel
1790
Exotic birds flying and perching between bamboo branches…
1906
Design of flowers, foliage, and birds, printed in white,…
1820
Appliqued block printed cut-outs of cockatoo, parrot, and…
1755
Prominent framework with scalloped ends, ornamented with…
1700
Leather wallcovering
1650
Asymmetrical arrangement of motifs, with central landscape…
1879
Floral bouquet in a basket with arching peacock feathers,…
1795
Vertical beads and bands composed of abstract and geometric…
1906
Grisaille wallpaper with attached border
1780
Overlapping geometrical forms in the Japanese style…
1875
Drop-repeating design of tripod and bouquet of flowers,…
1780
Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design
1788
On blue-gray ground, green leafy fill, flowering branches…
1850
Perched bird on a gold background
1750
Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving…
1791
Large peacock feathers hang down over drapery edged in pink…
1810
Repeating pattern developed on a vertical axis
1785
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
1785
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Central motif of parrot sitting on lace panel suspended…
1810
Arabesque with 2 birds (doves?) and floral baskets…
1790
Imitation leather
1875
Arabesque design
1785
Portions of rectangular panels
1725
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Intertwined grape vine enclosing vignettes of wading birds…
1850
Festoons with birds and vases of flowers, gray background,…
1785
End of a roll, giving complete width
1885
Repeating scene of a dog drinking at a fountain
1780
One full repeat, part of another
1780
Large blossoms in pink and mustard and smaller blue flowers…
1920
Arabesque on blue ground, features basket with flowers and…
1780
Imitation leather
1880
Large colorful bird perched in a tree
1900
Two full widths, each with two different scenes, one below…
1835
Vertical rectangle, double-panel width
1850
Neoclassical pattern of columns of flower bouquets with…
1880
On blue-gray ground, network of bamboo, foliage with bright…
1840
Vignettes in browns, green, blue and white against an ocher…
1825
Rectangles and diagonal squares are placed in alternating…
1880
intermediate panel
1790
Vertical strip framed in three separate sections
1860
Nearly a full repeat of a design showing a pair of birds…
1845
Vertical rectangle
1800
Arabesque, including roundel with battle trophies in…
1790
A scalloped fish-scale design
1820
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1880
Stripe design with 2 light-colored broad bands and 2 darker…
1860
Imitation leather
1875
All-over pattern of orange boughs with fruit and blossoms,…
1880
Paper shows design of flowering stems with flying and…
1825
The Montesian Design
1875
Arabesque with lions
1790
New Hampshire Bird
1810
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque
1785
The Peacock
1896
Arabesque with griffins
1789
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Curtain
1882
Woven piece
1878
Bird
1878
"Peacock and Dragon"
1878
Trellis
1864
Design for Wallpaper or Panel (?) with an Orientalist Motif…
1870
Set of six wall panels
1805
Wall panel of hand-painted silk with garden urns
Date unknown
Length
1775