Victorian Wallpaper: Embossed And Flocked Designs
Papers with raised or velvety surfaces, imitating leather, plaster and cut velvet.
Correct Wall Papers for Year 1918
1918
Wide ocher striping printed on lighter ocher background
1805
At left edge, yellow column with black flock acanthus…
1805
A) Sidewall
1879
Sidewall
1750
Three mermaid figures, with fruit and foliage
1700
Bunch of grapes as central motif, large red tulips, and…
1700
Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage in green
1700
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
Scrolling strapwork with foliage and flowers
1680
Portion, lacking much of its finished surface, showing…
1700
Large floral bouquet within framework of strapwork
1700
With green field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Floral design
1700
Large-scale red and blue flower, on background embossed…
1725
Field diapered, varnished silver, foliage in red, white and…
1700
Large-scale sunflowers and rose, with a bunch of grapes
1700
Irregular shape, large-scale pink rose-like flowers, strung…
1750
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
With blue field
1700
Scrollwork and foliage, with lambrequin and urn on black…
1680
Large red tulips and shells and beading
1750
Scrollwork and foliage
1680
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
With blue-gray field
1700
Deep blue or purple grapes with red highlights
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver, scroll of blue foliage,…
1700
Grey field
1700
Red flock, damask-like pattern, with step-edged outlines
1890
Design of chrysanthamum, lily and insects
1875
Framework of vines with shells containing stylized floral…
1875
Large-scale diaper pattern in Rococo-revival style
1850
Solid ground of deep green flock
1850
Art nouveau-styled design with repeating pattern of wheat…
1900
Strapwork pattern containing bellflowers, also foliage…
1710
Vining floral pattern on textured ground
1750
Diaper pattern, yellow-green vining floral and scrolls…
1890
Red flower and one flying insect, possibly dragon fly
1700
VIning floral pattern on embossed gilded ground
1750
Solid ground of deep red flock
1875
All black embossed with stylized floral stripes and…
1905
With black field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Field diapered, painted cream, silver and red foliage
1700
Flowers and scrolling foliage
1700
Gilded field, diapered, tulips, carnation, roses, with a…
1700
Top and bottom borders with design imitating passementerie…
1860
Patched piece composed of four sections of leather in poor…
Date unknown
Scrollwork, axial vase with green foliage, red/white and…
1700
Varnished silver, green, red and black
1750
Scrolling foliage and stylized flowers, trellis-patterned…
1720
Totally gilded surface, with design including scrolling…
1725
Vining floral design
1750
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Vining floral pattern
1750
With blue field, flowers raised against a diapered…
1710
Central floral-foliate motif, with a band of geometric…
1730
A) A bird perched on a flower, with a worm in its mouth
1700
Portion, silver varnished and painted dark brown, showing…
1680
Gray field
1700
Imitation leather
1860
Symmetrical non-repeating design, in close arrangement, of…
1690
Gold and silver foliate arabesque on dark blue ground
1885
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1710
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Very abraded and flattened surface, unable to ascertain…
1700
Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage and parrot in…
1700
Embossed with scrollwork and foliage, two game birds on a…
1680
Stamped field with scrollwork and foliage
1720
Diapered field of varnished silver, green foliage, red and…
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
One large red flower, two blue flowers, a large flying…
1700
Black field, diapered scrollwork, with sprays of flowers…
1680
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Diapered field of silver stipples with varnish
1700
Vining floral pattern
1750
Two ribbons of vining floral motif, the left one with blue…
1750
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Stamped field, silver varnished, rococo scrolls of foliage…
1730
Portion of a larger panel, in varnished silver, blue and red
1710
Imitation leather
1908
Stylized Egyptian vase shape
1875
Imitation leather paper containing urn with tulips and…
1875
Embossed floral basket, surrounded by vining acanthus,…
1875
Stamped gold foliate motifs, with two different motifs…
1860
Pattern of metallic gold foliage with gray blossoms (faded…
1880
Embossed rose bouquets printed in shades of off-white, on…
1875
Alternating floral sprig motifs printed in shades of green…
1850
A) Fragment of imitation leather paper
1875
Floral medallion in red, cream and green, over brown…
1875
Parrots and pomegranates with scrolling foliage
Date unknown
Leather embossed with vase and floral design
Date unknown
All-over design of floral and foliate scrolls
1875
Embossed leather wallhanging made up of a number of pieces
1800
Large-scale flowers and foliage, with scrolling trellis…
Date unknown
All-over flower design, embossed and faintly colored
1880
Pendants of laurel and acanthus suspended within diaper…
1890
Red, varnished, embossed ground which shows through…
1905
Fragment of stamped and embossed leather
1730
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Stamped field of varnished silver
1725
Overall foliate pattern of formalized flowers and leaves,…
1910
Imitation leather
1875
Crown medallion alternating with diamond-shape rope twist
1875
All that remains of design is some red scrolling foliage on…
1700
Gray field
1700
Stamped and gilded flowers, scrolls, and foliage
1730
Solid maroon with geometric pattern incorporating stylized…
1880
Vertical bands with small twisting floral motifs
1895
Stamped field, varnished silver
1720
A) Stripe with diapered pattern, flanked by broad dotted…
1800
Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver,…
1700
Flowering plant and one large blossom in center
1700
Imitation leather
1920
Design derived from a French silk voided velvet of the…
1920
Smaller portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished…
1700
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1700
Imitation leather
1920
Vertical stripes of gray, and silvery metal powder,…
1910
Green flocked alternating with wider white band
1820
Dense Neo-Rococo pattern consisting of a motif of fanciful…
1880
Aesthetic-style design, all-over floral and foliette…
1880
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1800
Vining floral scrolls and swags with metallic gold scrolls
1905
Rococo-revival scrollwork pattern in green and metallic…
1895
Large stylized flower similar to 1946-17-4 with which this…
1895
Two widths, sewn together, giving in complete repeating…
1675
Aesthetic style design
1880
Dense Neo-Rococo pattern with two distinct roughly…
1880
Embossed large blossoms and oak-leaf type foliage
1875
Imitation leather
1920
Imitation leather
1908
Scrapbook
1840
L. C. Orrell & Co. Book No. 3
1906
Blue field, diapered scrollwork with sprays of flowers and…
1680
Prominent framework with scalloped ends, ornamented with…
1700
Full width, giving slightly less than one repeat of…
1890
Medium sized diamond shaped motifs of geometric design of…
1920
Floral pattern painted on gilded embossed leather
1750
Vining floral design
1750
Self colored, fawn colored paper, raised designs of flowers…
1880
Interlocking foliate framework with enclosed stylized…
1910
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
Imitation leather
1910
Imitation leather
1912
Leather wallcovering
1650
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
Aesthetic style, floral pattern printed in shades of ochre…
1880
Alfred Peats No. 4
1908
Wallpapers of Merit, Book No. 3
1917
Complete width
1890
Conventional lotus design in tan and olive embossed on…
1890
Vertical flock stripes of two widths in lateral repeating…
1820
Imitation leather
1885
Diapered field, varnished silver
1745
Entire surface is covered with a shallow relief patterning
1800
A gothic paper, originally light toned but which has been…
1855
Olive ground with conventional design in lighter tone and…
1890
Fragment of leather wallcovering
1700
Simple pattern of two abstract motifs, one large, one…
1880
Small gold laurel wreaths enclosing floral bouquets, on…
1875
3 1/2 inch wide stripes spaced six inches apart with small…
1906
Imitation leather
1875
Damask pattern in cream and beige over gold background on…
1880
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Stylized floral design, embossed and printed in gold on…
1870
Similar wallhanging used in two rooms in Winterthur Museum,…
1675
Deep red wool flock covering entire surface without design
1890
Imitation leather
1875
The design is composed of continuous parallel diagonal…
1875
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Imitation leather
1912
Imitation leather
1920
Divided in one inch vertical stripes alternating, one dull…
1890
Imitation leather
1920
Anglo-Japanesque or Japonaiserie design of pink and pastel…
1872
Alfred Peats Wallpaper, No. 3
1915
Large-scale pattern suggestive of brocade
1815
Vining floral design
1750
Imitation leather
1875
A) Trellis-filled strapwork, with bellfowers, foliage and…
1710
Imitation leather
1875
Floral stripe
1850
Stylizzed floral and scrolling acanthus leaves
1860
Stylized floral or pomegranate design printed ti imitate a…
1880
All-over pattern of flowers and vining tendrils
1880
A) Top layer
1840
Red flocked floral paper used in the hall
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Heavily embossed floral and acanthus leaf pattern
1875
Imitation leather
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
"Woven" netting-like textured ground edged on both sides in…
1875
Embossed "baroque" pattern of sunflower, poppy, roses and…
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Tile pattern, with large stylized floral ornaments…
1875
Light green-yellow ground, conventional flowers and leaves…
1890
Classical balanced design in stripe efect suggestive of…
1892
Imitation leather
1875
Bouquets of roses, printed in multi-colors and embossed…
1875
Imitation leather
1908
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Damask-style diaper pattern created by vining foliage
1875
Heavy paper with floral and foliate pattern in relief
1872
Imitation leather
1920
Imitation leather
1920
Rococo revival-style design with full leafy foliate scrolls
1850
Aesthetic style design
1879
Alfred Peats Wallpaper, No. 1
1915
Perched bird on a gold background
1750
Drop-repeating design of rococo enframement or cartouche…
1889
An asymmetrical floral pattern interspersed with acanthus…
1880
Horizontal rectangle
1795
Bottom central motif of a large lambrequin, suspended from…
1700
Landscape views with woman walking along river carrying…
1840
A conventionalized balanced design
1880
At top edge, vining foliatte band
1820
Central motif of a floral bouquet in an urn, on top of a…
1750
Large-scale floral in acanthus medallion
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Medallion stripe design
1875
Stylized floral medallion, surrounded by foliate and berry…
1875
Large-scale floral bouquet in urn motif, alternating with…
1860
Dark rust-colored flocked stripes, increasing and…
1840
Simulates a two-toned Genoese velvet in a Renaissance design
1920
Portions of rectangular panels
1725
Damask-like acanthus pattern in large scale regular ogive…
1890
Embossed floral bouquet set within a basket weave textured…
1890
Alfred Peats Wallpaper, No. 1
1915
Fleur de Lys
1900
Wide area of all-over pattern of gray lines on gray satin…
1810
Diamond-shape clusters of foliage and flowers are connected…
1830
Imitation leather
1885
Against a pale yellow ground, an all-over floral and…
1879
Wide area of all-over pattern of gray lines on gray satin…
1810
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered lily-like flowers…
1880
Trellis or diamond diaper framework made of running Greek…
1875
Dense all-over pattern of foliage with small purple-red…
1880
Delicate rose bouquets, with pink and white flowers and…
1860
Medallion stripe design
1895
Imitation leather
1870
On embossed metallic gold ground, tangle of foliage in gray…
1880
Brown simulated leather effect
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Portion of single width, giving incomplete repeating…
1675
Full width giving less than one repeat of vertically…
1885
Stylized red posie in white oval, surrounded by laurel crest
1875
Rococo Revival style
1850
Symmetrical design inspired from damask pattern
1905
Moire or watered silk design
1890
Scrolling foliage with beading and acanthus leaves
1905
Embossed armorial pattern with garland of fruit, basket of…
1880
Flocked symmetrical stylized floral bouquet enclosed in…
1875
Full width, giving slightly more than one repeat of slender…
1875
Both full width, (A) giving slightly more than one repeat…
1872
Symmetrical design composed of foliage, drawn on a larger…
1920
Vase of flowers supported by leaf scrolls, ending in wheat…
1815
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation leather
1885
Rectangle
1860
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Design inspired by a 17th century Genoese cut voided velvet
1885
Vertical rectangle
1810
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation tapestry weave, with multi-colored floral and…
1880
Powdered background of stylized irises on finely-striped…
1875
Central floral motif, surrounded by more flowers and…
1875
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1875
Deep mustard-yellow flock on mustard-yellow ground
1750
Diaper or trellis pattern, enclosing floral bouquets
1750
Art nouveau floral and foliate in large scale, printed in…
1914
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Aesthetic-style design, with chrysanthemums and other…
1880
Striped floral with ellipses and posies
1875
Large-scale scrolling acanthus leaves forming central…
1875
Rectangles and diagonal squares are placed in alternating…
1880
Heavy floral and scroll design of which only a portion is…
1895
Floral Brocade
1875
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation leather
1885
Wool flock printed to simulate voided satin Genoese velvet…
1880
Simulation of medieval textile
1872
Enclosed within a diaper framework of acanthus foliage is a…
1880
Chinoiserie depicting shepherdess guarding her flock,…
1785
Brocade design with floral motifs, including cross-hatching…
1875
Large palmetta surrounded by acanthus leaves
1880
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation leather
1880
"Ridde satin blanc
1810
Paper with aqua and mica ground has textile-inspired floral…
1875
Art Nouveau/Mission Style (?)
1905
A large floral design of a cluster of three roses and buds…
1920
Adam-Hepplewhite
1875
Full width, giving one and one-half repeats of an all-over…
1875
Imitation leather
1885
Full widths, (A) giving one and one-half repeats, (B)…
1885
Simulates a damask design drawn in a large scale
1920
Imitation leather
1875
Vertical rectangle
1880
Vertical rectangle
1835
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Full width, the end of a roll, giving one and one-half…
1875
(a) and (c) full widths
1875
Imitation leather
1885
Paper has textile-inspired design of large-scale stylized…
1875
A) On off-white patterned ground, alternating…
1875
Full width, giving slightly more than one repeat of slender…
1875
Full width
1895
Against a light blue ground, finely embossed, is printed an…
1850
Symmetrical design, classic influence
1920
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1875
On tan ground, an irise or rainbow design of…
1820
An embossed paper simulating leather work of the 17th…
1880
Seventeenth century-type flower and scrollwork motifs in…
1880
Against a gray ground are printed large blossoms and…
1850
A) Vase of floral bouquet centered within a wreath of wheat
1800
The Fleur de Lys
1875
Orange Walnuts
1880
A) The upper portions of thickly set trees are seen
1805
Cecil
1890
Floral Brocade
1875
The Golden Tiffany
1914
Tudor Rose
1882
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation leather
1885
All-over patterning of stylized floral motifs forming…
1879
Tudor Rose and Fleur de Lis
1848
Japanese Leather
1875
Solid flocked wallpapers
1850
Portion of paper, a complete width giving less than one…
1885
Vertical stripes about 4 1/2 wide, alternating apple-green…
1805
Gauffred gold bands decorated with two rows of black…
1880
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1835
A) Small clusters of green carnations and tan leaves…
1879
An assortment of wallpapers, many still layered together
1860
Design for Ornament, possibly Flocked Wallpaper
Date unknown