Victorian Wallpaper: Foliage And Vines Designs
Leaves, acanthus, branches and climbing stems that give many reform-era patterns their rhythm.
A) Sidewall
1850
Sidewall with "C" scroll and Foliate Decoration
1850
A) Sidewall
1880
Sample of a sidewall with lush, leafy serpentine branches…
1907
Sidewall in Floral and Foliate pattern
1860
Sidewall sample with varieties of flowers and fruit,…
1906
Wallpaper panel hung on the walls of the drawing room (but…
1800
Wide ocher striping printed on lighter ocher background
1805
At left edge, yellow column with black flock acanthus…
1805
Book Cover
1790
Sidewall paper in the Aesthetic style, with all-over…
1870
Matcing sidewall and celing paper
1900
A) Sidewall
1860
Trails of naturalistic red roses, green leaves and thorns…
1905
B) small fragment, appears to be red swag on very faded…
1838
Matching sidewall and border
1885
Three mermaid figures, with fruit and foliage
1700
Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage in green
1700
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
Scrolling strapwork with foliage and flowers
1680
Many fragments with design of leaf clusters printed on a…
1900
Very faded, with scrolling foliage design printed in gold…
1880
Field diapered, varnished silver, foliage in red, white and…
1700
Horizontal rectangle
1800
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
With blue field
1700
Scrollwork and foliage, with lambrequin and urn on black…
1680
Scrollwork and foliage
1680
Vining floral design on textured ground
1750
With blue-gray field
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver, scroll of blue foliage,…
1700
Grey field
1700
All-over vine pattern with floral forms
1860
An all-over leaf and floral design printed in mustard…
1870
Floral bouquets and scrolling foliage
1906
Large bunches of purple grapes hanging from vines
1906
Vertical stripes of garland, leaves and lavender flowers
1890
Framework of vines with shells containing stylized floral…
1875
Large clusters of red grapes hanging from vines
1906
Small-scale pattern of chrysanthemums and foliage printed…
1880
Quatrefoil medallion with red center, surrounded by foliate…
1840
On metallic gold ground, yellow and tan ferns alternate…
1870
On gray ground, allover scrolled vines in white and browns
1905
On off-white ground, alternating floral motif with pink…
1860
Sprigs of foliage shading from green to white
1820
Vines and fancy diamonds
1830
Large acanthus leaves in vertical direction, enclosed in…
1906
All-over dense foliage design
1906
Damask-like design
1906
Incomplete width
1920
Floral wreath and swag motifs with red flowers and green…
1900
Strapwork pattern containing bellflowers, also foliage…
1710
Vining floral pattern on textured ground
1750
Diaper pattern, yellow-green vining floral and scrolls…
1890
Incomplete repeat of acanthus rinceau in grisaille on gray…
1805
VIning floral pattern on embossed gilded ground
1750
Poppy-like flower, set within dense foliage
1906
Scrolling foliage and floral design
1850
On patterned orange and metallic gold ground, dark brown…
1875
Green acanthus boss set within a diamond diaper design
1840
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Field diapered, painted cream, silver and red foliage
1700
Flowers and scrolling foliage
1700
Alternating stripes of black foliage and black and white…
1800
Large foliage pattern(blue-green and black) with red…
Date unknown
Fragment of wallpaper, mustard background, black and greeen…
Date unknown
Small portion of a paper showing a symmetrical arrangement…
1870
Scrollwork, axial vase with green foliage, red/white and…
1700
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
Central floral-foliate motif, with a band of geometric…
1730
Gray field
1700
Portion of a paper showing a pattern of vines and flowers…
1870
Imitation leather
1860
Scattered bouquets of morning-glory with secondary pattern…
1875
Floral bouquets with stippled, shaped ground, enclosed in…
1840
Symmetrical non-repeating design, in close arrangement, of…
1690
On an ungrounded paper is an all-over texture design in…
1850
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
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
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 an axial vine arrangement between denticulated…
1850
Two leaf sprigs, each composed of three leaves, printed in…
1850
Vertical rectangle
1890
An assymetrical leaf design with thin dashes of gold for…
1890
Lozenge framework formed of foliate scrolls, with small…
1800
On light blue ground, sparse background fill of small…
1870
Aesthetic all-over pattern with scattered stylized flowers…
1880
Bi-symmetrical foliage, flower and foliate scroll pattern…
1843
Stylized Egyptian vase shape
1875
Scrolling foliage forming medallions
1905
Medallion stripe design, with acanthus scrolls and floral…
1905
Embossed floral basket, surrounded by vining acanthus,…
1875
Variety of flowers, including roses and lily of the valley,…
1800
Small green pattern with gray stylized foliage, printed on…
1800
Large wreaths, quartered with gauze pulled through ring at…
1825
Art nouveau design with large-scale tulips and scrolling…
1893
Landscape scene, including large red flowers and foliage, a…
1906
Repeating design of a single floral motif, surrounded by…
1905
On off-white ground, green scrolling foliage frames…
1890
Pattern of foliage, clover, vaguely India-chintz derived…
1880
All-over vining floral design
1906
Bouquet of different roses caught in acanthus leaves
1906
Stamped gold foliate motifs, with two different motifs…
1860
Pattern of metallic gold foliage with gray blossoms (faded…
1880
Aesthetic-style, floral stripe design
1880
On metallic gold ground, large fantastic flowers with…
1875
Small vining floral pattern, printed in dep red and tans,…
1868
Aesthetic-style design
1860
Brown scrollwork with pink and blue flowers and green…
1875
Bright red and gray flowers, with buds, on vines
1850
Small clusters of grapes with leaves on vine growing around…
1906
Small oval medallion with beading containing bouquet of…
1860
Tulips on long stems with winding leaf
1906
Cluster of red poppy flowers, set within dense foliage
1906
Stylized design of leaves, vine, and large flowers
1900
All-over floral and foliate pattern, in Aesthetic style
1880
On gray ground, central scroll motif containing cluster of…
1905
Small clusters of grapes with grape leaves on grapevines…
1906
Very stylized floral and foliate design
1875
All-over vining floral design
1906
Small pattern of meandering green vines connected by red…
1835
All-over pattern of large-scale leaves and flowers
1900
Large poppies, longstemmed, with acanthus leaves and two…
1906
All-over pattern of blue scrolling leaves
1890
Very large poppy-like flower with large acanthus leaves to…
1906
Square acanthus medallion enclosed within scrolling…
1875
Very stylized red red flower, set within leaves, on…
1906
Parrots and pomegranates with scrolling foliage
Date unknown
Leather embossed with vase and floral design
Date unknown
Damask-like design
1906
Imbricated column, roses and leaves, printed in green and…
1800
In thinly applied colors, white scroll work, deep pink…
1840
Three roses with foliage on winding, thorny stems that form…
1906
On brown ground, treillage composed of white flowers on…
1905
Somewhat random scrolling acanthus tracery or framework,…
1905
All-over design of floral and foliate scrolls
1875
Floral stripe design
1905
Repeating landscape scene, with large single tree in center
1906
Stripe of gray leaves with white veining surrounded by…
1820
Floral and foliate design
1850
Large-scale flowers and foliage, with scrolling trellis…
Date unknown
This design is a large scaled formal one
1870
Pendants of laurel and acanthus suspended within diaper…
1890
Incomplete repeat of a twisting floral and leaf design,…
1790
Irregularly-shaped portion of design showing vine and…
1850
Small leaf forms enclosed in irregularly-shaped…
1870
Fragment of irregular outline
1875
Full width of paper giving portion of repeating design of…
1845
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Stamped field of varnished silver
1725
Roses with leaves having look of embroidery
1906
Design of closely spaced foliate medallions
1905
Morris-derivative foliate and floral design
1880
Overall foliate pattern of formalized flowers and leaves,…
1910
Irregular vertical rectangle, with ascending serpentine…
1765
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern with scattered leaves and…
1880
Large iris on stems, half-drop layout, and a background of…
1906
On gray ground, lyre-shaped motifs containing pink blossom…
1905
Aesthetic style design
1870
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
On dark gray ground, white scrollwork with some shaded…
1905
On white ground, green stripes with rosettes at intervals
1890
Stylized art nouveau foliate pattern in ochre on lighter…
1875
Small-scale vine pattern against plain ground divided by…
1870
Stamped field, varnished silver
1720
A) Stripe with diapered pattern, flanked by broad dotted…
1800
On patterned off-white ground with pattern showing…
1900
Horizontal rectangle
1760
Small roses in bright shaded reds with green and brown…
1890
Closely set serpentine arrangement of flowers, leaves and…
1815
A small floral motif in delicate shades of blue, pink and…
1870
Design derived from a French silk voided velvet of the…
1920
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1700
Horizontal bands of ornament at bottom
1815
Drop repeating design
1885
Vertical rectangle
1830
Repeating design of flowering rose branches, pink and…
1770
Tall vase or urn in Renaissance style filled with bouquet…
1860
Drop repeating design in white and gray, of two landscape…
1840
Green flocked alternating with wider white band
1820
Stylized floral/foliate stripe design
1820
Neo-Rococo pattern with two motifs of flower bunches…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
On textured gray ground, staggered square motifs in…
1905
Medallion stripe design
1905
Stylized four-cornered flower with three tulip leaves on…
1906
All-over pattern of flowers and foliage printed in light…
1880
Repeating pattern of stylized floral motif
1905
Flitter ceiling paper
1905
On striped white and gray ground, clusters of large pink…
1905
On gray ground, large-scale, formalized pattern of floral…
1820
Framework of acanthus scrolls in varying sizes, some…
1905
Small scale pears and foliage printed in thin oily colors
1900
Floral stripe design
1860
Acanthus scroll medallion containing a floral bouquet,…
1905
Floral bouquets and swags, connected by acanthus scrolls
1905
Floral design with acanthus scroll medallions filled with a…
1905
Floral stripe design
1906
Brown cartouche set within diaper or trellis framework
1860
Five inch stripe, vertical, with lines in its center and…
1906
All over pattern of scrolling acanthus vines
1905
Art nouveau
1906
On light brown ground, vertical growths of rinceaux in…
1905
Exotic birds flying and perching between bamboo branches…
1906
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1800
Art nouveau
1906
Vertical stirpes 2 3/4 inches wide and 3 1/2 spaced in the…
1906
Vining floral scrolls and swags with metallic gold scrolls
1905
Design of flowers, foliage, and birds, printed in white,…
1820
Curvaceous leaf and flower forms rise from cornucopia and…
1885
Floral bouquet set within scrolling foliate medallion
1905
Medallions in diagonal lines with foliate wreaths, torches…
1905
Foliate medallion pattern with stylized bouquet of flowers…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Vertical stripes, 2 3/4 inches wide and 3 1/2 inces spaced
1906
Foliate medallion design
1905
Staggered medallions on textured purple ground
1905
Bold multi-color stripe, alternating with foliate medallions
1905
Vertical repeat in dark neutral colors similar to a verdure…
1860
Two incomplete widths, with light gray ground, joined
1850
Two widths, sewn together, giving in complete repeating…
1675
Floral medallions, connected by foliate swags
1905
Small four-flower bouquets connected by layers of floral…
1905
Small floral bouquets surrounded by diagonal rows of petal…
1850
Aesthetic style design
1880
Dense Neo-Rococo pattern with two distinct roughly…
1880
Faux aqua-colored marble brick or ashlar block pattern
1810
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern of meadow flowers with…
1880
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern with stylized flowering…
1880
Stylized tulip, long stemmed with curled leaves on each side
1906
Tulips on curved stem and oblong leaves vertically designed…
1906
Floral sprigs in brown and blue interspersed with white…
1856
Rich design of grapes, peaches, pineapple and cinquefoil…
1906
Realistic rendering of purple-blue iris, green leaves, on…
1890
Red pears and green foliage suspended from rustic support
1905
Peaches and pears with foliage and clusters of grapes are…
1906
Art nouveau
1906
Art nouveau
1906
Realistic red roses in clusters joined by slender scrolls…
1830
Medallion stripe pattern
1905
Repeating motif of bouquet of flowers in vase
1905
Large bouquets of flowers connected by floral swag and…
1905
Large sprays of camillias in beige, enclosed by sprays of…
1840
Bright pink poppy flowers and green foliage appear randomly…
1905
Embossed large blossoms and oak-leaf type foliage
1875
On gray ground, bunches of small pink flowers and red…
1905
Dots, wavering vertical pin stripes in black, printed over…
1875
Drop-repeating design of rose sprays, with foliage, flowers…
1890
Portion of a paper with large-scale chrysanthemum flowers…
1890
Gray and yellow scrollwork with vases with jewelled…
1840
Diamond trellis pattern, formed by square foliate medallions
1905
Stylized carnation flowers in central column with scrolling…
1905
On textured paper, robin's egg blue moire ground, with two…
1890
Floral striped , pink flowers with green foliage on beige…
1875
Overall large yellow rose vining with a background of…
1905
On vertical striped lavender ground, clusters of purple…
1905
Blue floral sprigs and white foliate scrolls printed over…
1860
Vertical rectangle
1780
Blue field, diapered scrollwork with sprays of flowers and…
1680
Vertical rectangle
1805
Small seven petalled flower in bright red, each on a…
1890
A) beneath "b", ungrounded paper on which is printed a…
1900
A pastoral scene enframed by leaves and vines is the single…
1875
One and one-half widths of striped paper with alternating…
1820
Vertical rectangle composed of pieced fragments
1765
Vining floral design
1750
Green foliate scrolls enclose grisaille scenes of two…
1850
Small oval medallions with bowknots at top all in red with…
1875
A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf…
1843
Graded vertical lines spaced with vertical dotted bands
1896
All-over pattern of branches laden with different fruits…
1880
All-over pattern of garden flowers with foliage irregularly…
1880
Interlocking foliate framework with enclosed stylized…
1910
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern of exotic foliage…
1880
Drop repeating motif
1840
Art nouveau
1906
Art nouveau
1906
Vertical striations in shades of yellow and beige, central…
1905
Floral stripe design
1905
On tan ground, alternating tan floral motifs framed by…
1870
Yellow ocher quatrefoil motifs connected by white scrolling…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Art nouveau
1906
Foliate medallions having a striped fill, each containing a…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Foliate motifs resembling fleur de lis forming diagonal…
1905
Foliate medallion set within rectangular shape
1905
Red and white flowers and leaves on tan
1870
Pattern of bouquets of roses on stems, interlaced with…
1905
Vining floral design
1836
Leather wallcovering
1650
Ivy growing on square trellis design
1900
On light blue ground with vertical blue-edged mica stripes,…
1875
Wallpaper pattern simulating brocaded silk
1770
Floral and foliate design, printed in shades of blue
1873
Ascending serpentine design of vine tendrils and flowering…
1760
Printed in art deco style of decoration for Nancy…
1920
Herring-bone pattern in two closely related shades of…
1850
On tan ground, V-shaped central design composed of white…
1905
Repeating motif of a very stylized flower, perhaps a tulip
1905
Printed for Nancy McClelland of New York City
1920
Red roses on branch with bow know at end
1800
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered bunches of flowers…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern…
1880
Design of red and pink roses on vining stems
1905
Large-scale floral medallions
1905
Very dense pattern of foliate medallions
1905
Fancy vertical stripes, repeating every seven inches
1906
Large-scale bunches of red and white flowers with foliage
1905
Art nouveau design
1905
Open medallion framework composed of acanthus scrolls, each…
1905
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
Large bunches of purple grapes, hanging on very dense vine…
1905
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
Tall bouquets of white floweres with white floral vining…
1905
Floral bouquet enclosed within a foliate scroll medallion,…
1905
Irregular floral stripe design in the Rococo style
1905
Stylized individual tulips with large leaves
1905
Large pattern of leaf clusters in green, overprinted with…
1800
Single drop-repeating motif
1890
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
Heart-shaped motifs form with acanthus and bell flowers,…
1905
On speckled white-gray ground, treillage in green scrolls…
1905
Covered in a small tan vining foliate pattern
1905
Acanthus medallions with floral bouquet at top, floral swag…
1905
Diagonal large foliate medallions
1905
A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf…
1843
Large, fantastic flowers connected by branches, in the…
1730
Complete width
1890
Tobacco brown ground with conventional leaf scrolls in…
1890
Dark cream ground with leaf and flower design in white, tan…
1890
Neutral foliage design
1915
Diapered field, varnished silver
1745
In the style of a tapestry, single red flowers appear on…
1750
Vertical strip from edge of machine-printed paper, with…
1860
Fragment of leather wallcovering
1700
Neo-Renaissance pattern with vertical motif of strapwork…
1880
Simple pattern of two abstract motifs, one large, one…
1880
Aesthetic-style design
1880
3 1/2 inch wide stripes spaced six inches apart with small…
1906
Imitation leather
1875
All-over floral and foliage pattern, printed in deep yellow…
1880
Foliate, spade-shaped medallions repeat in alternating…
1905
Floral stripe design, with acanthus scroll medallions…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Aesthetic-style design
1870
Bouquet of flowers in basket or urn, with acanthus scrolls…
1840
Art nouveau design with bouquets containing three stylized…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Flower and leaf pattern printed in strong green, gray and…
1840
Art nouveau
1906
Stylized floral stripe
1906
Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Foliate stripe design
1905
Repeating design of medallions in diagonal stripe format,…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Pattern in two closely related shades of greenish-blue
1840
Lozenge pattern on light brown background, diamond shapes…
1800
Serpentine vine from which grow small floral sprays and…
1765
Large-scale pattern of foliate scrolls set with roses
1870
Aesthetic-style paper with leaves and trellis
1879
In shades of brown, rows of almond shapes containing some…
1906
Pattern repeated in off-set vertical columns
1880
Yellow geometric fleur-de-lis motifs are in the center of a…
1905
Stylized leaf and flower on shades of beige and gray,…
1850
Squares defined by bead and reel and four lines
1800
All-over pattern of scrolling foliate forms
1905
Bold foliate design, possibly palm fronds
1830
Grisaille wallpaper with attached border
1780
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
On grayed-turquoise ground, reserved over-all fill pattern…
1895
Two alternating landscape medallions enframed in symetric…
1890
Floral medallions with rose insets and lattice detail from…
1905
Large clusters of purple grapes, with lush foliage,…
1907
Rococo-style floral design, with bouquets of white roses…
1905
Large foliate medallions in vertical lines that are offset
1905
Large medallions made of foliate scrolls with a bouquet of…
1905
Arbesque design of ogival acanthus, forming fleur de…
1905
Faux crushed velvet ribbons in 4 3/4 inch vertical stripes…
1907
Iris design in clusters of two blossoms and one bud in rose…
1890
Imitation leather
1912
Anglo-Japanesque or Japonaiserie design of pink and pastel…
1872
Lace-like foliate bands with alternating small and large…
1905
Foliate medallions arranged in diagonal row format
1905
Art nouveau-style design, with stylized tulip and foliage…
1905
Soffitt or architectural design with coffers enclosing…
1800
Sidewall and label
1820
Vertical rectangle
1800
Vining floral design
1750
Horizontal rectangle
1855
Nearly two widths
1845
Scattered sprays of foliage, with flowers and berries
1820
All-over pattern of stylized hexagonal rosettes separated…
1800
Sidewall - fragment
1775
Roses and foliate forms and scrollwork, gray and blue
1850
Drop-repeating design of tripod and bouquet of flowers,…
1780
Horizontal rectangle
1810
Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design
1788
Vertical rectangle
1820
A) Trellis-filled strapwork, with bellfowers, foliage and…
1710
Imitation leather
1875
Horizontal rectangle
1800
Floral stripe
1850
Stylizzed floral and scrolling acanthus leaves
1860
Foliate design in art nouveau style
1900
Delicately drawn but dense pattern of foliate scrolls and…
1870
Scrolling, stylized floral and foliate motifs
1910
All-over pattern of flowers and vining tendrils
1880
Stylized vining floral
1906
Art nouveau design
1907
On brown ground, vertical stripes bearing rectangular…
1905
Repeating design of floral bouquets, with white flowers and…
1895
A) Top layer
1840
All-over pattern of stylized flowers and foliage
1870
Red flocked floral paper used in the hall
1905
Repeating motif of three tulip flowers and foliage
1905
On patterned tan ground, diagonal metallic gold trellis…
1875
On textured brown ground, vertical bands containing fan…
1906
In one flat shade of mauve on pink, geometricized…
1880
Large central crimson blossom with long curving leaves,…
1906
On off-white paper with mica ground, all-over pattern of…
1880
Heavily embossed floral and acanthus leaf pattern
1875
Imitation leather
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Alternating vertical vines of closed and open blue flowers
1905
Very dense vining floral pattern, containing…
1860
Aesthetic style design, very stylized and flat floral…
1870
Design shows William Morris influence
1875
Ground of light brown overlapping leaves with staggered…
1906
In shades of brown and green large blossom with curling…
1906
Embossed "baroque" pattern of sunflower, poppy, roses and…
1875
Floral medallion design
1905
Vining floral design containing several varieties of…
1830
Repeating motif of tulip on long stem with leaves
1905
All-over vining floral pattern
1870
Landscape vignettes visible through tree trunks and…
1900
Vining floral bands alternate with tufted bands of equal…
1907
Scrolling acanthus pattern, with foliage forming repeating…
1905
Simulates damask
1880
Gothic Revival
1840
Light green-yellow ground, conventional flowers and leaves…
1890
Irregularly shaped portion of paper with stepped lattice…
1860
Classical balanced design in stripe efect suggestive of…
1892
Vertical rectangle with branches of a flowering plant…
Date unknown
Repeating motif of foliage with flower
1810
Overall various floral and leaf motifs
1820
Twisting ivy leaves, branches and tendrils in all-over…
1840
Continuous scroll design formed by large peony flowers and…
1880
Imitation leather
1908
Roll of paper printed in a repeating design of flowers and…
1770
Vaguely Aesthetic Movement pattern repeated in off-set…
1880
Swirling blue foliage with blossoms and berries
1900
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Feathery white and blue leaves with staggered round floral…
1815
Scrolling foliate medallion enclosing squirrels perched on…
1820
Vertical rectangle
1810
Bouquet of flowers
1850
Allover treillage composed of foliate pinwheels in beige on…
1875
Anglo-Japanesque design with stylized floral motifs and…
1879
Damask-style diaper pattern created by vining foliage
1875
Floral and foliate pattern in art nouveau style
1902
On mustard ground, symmetrical repeating pattern in brown…
1880
Heavy paper with floral and foliate pattern in relief
1872
Trellis pattern covered with vining floral
1801
On white ground, stylized foliage pattern in green
1890
Foliate medallion printed on tan background with green…
1895
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
1760
Large-scale pink roses with green leaves printed on white…
1890
Conventionalized design
1900
Vertical rectangle
1780
Acanthus-like frond surrounds cabbage rose outsize motif…
1875
Repeating anthemian or palmette motif, printed in rows, in…
1895
On gray ground, naturalistic cluster of lavender and white…
1855
Green conventionalized floral medallions within mustard…
1825
Rococo revival-style design with full leafy foliate scrolls
1850
Floral medallions with yellow rose bouquets and vining,…
1905
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
On blue-gray ground, green leafy fill, flowering branches…
1850
Cobban Brothers, Wall Paper and Room Mouldings
1900
Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width
1860
Perched bird on a gold background
1750
Vertical portion of paper giving portion of a repeating…
1840
Against a glazed, light brown ground is printed a negative…
1840
Large peacock feathers hang down over drapery edged in pink…
1810
Staggered rows of pink rosebuds with green leaves and stems
1835
Four fragments showing incompletely a design simulating…
1860
Vertical portion of paper with scrollwork against dotted…
1855
Floral motif, large scaled flowers with large petals in…
1890
Single motif
1835
Rows of drop-repeating conventionalized flower forms…
1885
An asymmetrical floral pattern interspersed with acanthus…
1880
Repeating pattern developed on a vertical axis
1785
Horizontal rectangle
1795
Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width
1875
Diagonally repeating design of four elements, in a…
1845
Bottom central motif of a large lambrequin, suspended from…
1700
Blue circular motif composed of disk with four white…
1820
Gothic-inspired design, with alternating views of castles…
1850
Series of diamond shaped medallions running diagonally, all…
1870
Conventionalized scrollwork vase with buds and leaves at…
1850
Landscape views with woman walking along river carrying…
1840
Arabesque design on pale yellowish ground, vases with…
1780
Arabesque with classical orange figures in landscapes,…
1790
Aesthetic all-over pattern of stylized leafy vines with…
1880
Aesthetic style design of dense all-over foliage with large…
1880
Arabesque design
1785
At top edge, vining foliatte band
1820
Large-scale foliate medallion on stripe pattern
1905
Bouquet of roses, poppies, anemones and various types of…
1855
Repeating design of a foliate motif, printed in rows
1905
Central motif of a floral bouquet in an urn, on top of a…
1750
Large-scale floral in acanthus medallion
1875
On textured gray ground, thin vertical bands containing…
1905
On gray ground, fill of black dots, small scale pattern of…
1750
Morris-derived floral pattern
1880
On dark green-blue ground, pattern of orange-brown oranges…
1880
Rose bouquets set within foliate framework
1905
All-over floral pattern
1905
Fragments of floral stripe wallpaper, printed in brown on…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Stylized floral and foliate design, possibly based on…
1906
Foliate medallion on stripe
1905
Shield motif, each containing six fleur-de-lis
1905
Pastel blue striping, outlined in brighter blue, alternates…
1830
Imitation leather
1875
Medallion stripe design
1875
All-over dense pattern of foliage and stylized flowers
1870
Stylized floral medallion, surrounded by foliate and berry…
1875
Large-scale foliate medallions, each containing a bouquet…
1905
On deep red textured ground, alternating medallions in…
1890
Blue circular motif composed of disk with four white…
1820
Arabesque design
1785
On cream ground, maze-like pattern in darker shade of beige…
1800
Aesthetic style
1870
Two repeating panels of hunting scenes, in one frame, a man…
1800
Trellis pattern in dark brown with tripartite foliate at…
1905
Horizontal rectangle, probably part of a bandbox
1825
Floral bouquets, with foliate swags and scrolls, printed in…
1821
Damask-like acanthus pattern in large scale regular ogive…
1890
On gray ground, gray and white vertical stripe fill broken…
1875
Intertwined grape vine enclosing vignettes of wading birds…
1850
Foliate stripe
1905
Large pink rose vining with back-ground of white mica…
1905
On grayed-turquoise ground, naturalistic daisies with…
1890
Stripe with conventionalized floral & foliate motif…
1880
Scrolling acanthus leaves, the larger of which contain…
1905
Vining floral pattern, printed in black, with background of…
1765
Gray and yellow scrollwork with vases with jewelled…
1840
White foliate scrolls and flowers, roughly symmetrical in…
1840
Thick, vertical green bands with large red and gold foliate…
1905
Top portion of trellis panel
1890
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
On white ground trellis work of thick brown branches with…
1850
The Manora-Poppy
1900
Fleur de Lys
1900
Vertical rectangle
1810
End of a roll, giving complete width
1885
Wide area of all-over pattern of gray lines on gray satin…
1810
Trompe l'oeil design of trophies consisting of a dead duck…
1840
Repeating medallion in brick red and darker red, of figure…
1795
Vertical rectangle
1796
Horizontal cluster of flowers and leaves is arranged in…
1820
Full width of paper with a single drop-repeating motif of…
1840
Diamond-shape clusters of foliage and flowers are connected…
1830
Aesthetic-style design
1870
Against a pale yellow ground, an all-over floral and…
1879
Wide area of all-over pattern of gray lines on gray satin…
1810
Serpentine rose branches ascending a thin diagonal trellis
1845
Asymmetrical styling with a Rococo revival-style influence
1885
Neo-Rococo all-over pattern of sprouting flowers with…
1880
Single symmetrical motif with four stylized daisy-like…
1880
All-over pattern of naturalistic sprays of flowers and…
1880
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern of scattered sprigs of…
1880
Dense all-over pattern of foliage with small purple-red…
1880
A) Powdering of six-pointed stars which are now black,…
1740
Aesthetic pattern with motif of flowering vine with several…
1880
Octagon medallion having appearance of coffered panel, with…
1800
Floral bouquet set within a foliate medallion
1905
Circular motifs connected by blue floral vining
1905
Red and green pattern on white ground
1835
Delicate rose bouquets, with pink and white flowers and…
1860
Medallion stripe design
1895
On embossed metallic gold ground, tangle of foliage in gray…
1880
Green flowers and vines
1880
On blue ground, shaded blues-to-white foliate pattern,…
1815
Stylized tulips arranged in vertical lines that are offset
1905
Gray and green irise or rainbow ground, overprinted with…
1830
Against a light gray ground are printed isolated,…
1850
Portion of single width, giving incomplete repeating…
1675
Four sprig clusters
1810
Aesthetic all-over pattern with motif of flowering vine…
1880
Aesthetic-style all-over pattern of large fanciful flowers…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of vines…
1880
Fragment of Aesthetic all-over pattern of stylized,…
1880
Drapery paper with lace floral motifs and green clover…
1810
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered highly-stylized…
1880
Dense all-over pattern of branches laden with nuts…
1880
Regular symmetrical pattern vaguely reminiscent of…
1880
Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper
1815
Rustic pattern of sprigs of flowering vines floating freely…
1880
On textured paper, deep turquoise ground, and patterned…
1892
Vining floral design
1900
Staggered floral medallions with floral bouquet insets and…
1905
Stylized large damask pattern of green floral motifs…
1835
Staggered foliate medallions connected by thin foliate…
1905
Oversized, flamboyant group of five poppies with swirling…
1907
Rococo Revival style
1850
Symmetrical design inspired from damask pattern
1905
On beige ground, printed to simulate ebossed linen pattern,…
1900
A highly stylized tulip design in alternating squares
1920
Large individual foliate medallions set close together,…
1905
Scrolling foliage with beading and acanthus leaves
1905
Full width, giving slightly more than one repeat of slender…
1875
Vertical rectangle with repeating pattern of foliate…
1825
Vertical rectangle
1775
In center, large frame printed in salmon pink and green…
1860
Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design
1785
Vertical rectangle
1845
Quatrefoils with enclosed leaf motifs
1850
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
A) Two putti holding up vase of flowers
1815
Imitation leather
1885
Imitation leather
1885
Alternating vertical stripes, the wider of which has…
1890
Horizontal rectangle
1860
Vertical rectangle
1890
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Vertical rectangle
1780
Vertical rectangle
1770
Design in black and white
1790
On light lavender ground, allover gray foliage with leaves…
1800
Design inspired by a 17th century Genoese cut voided velvet
1885
Two larger portions mounted on canvas, with space between,…
1768
Vertical rectangle
1810
Aesthetic pattern with two alternating columns of motifs
1880
Pillar and arch design, featuring a memorial to George…
1800
Two ornamental motifs, one large and one small, repeated…
1880
Aesthetic neo-Gothic pattern of a stylized eight-petaled…
1880
Vining floral pattern with orange flowers and green leaves,…
1845
Aesthetic neo-Renaissance all-over pattern of scattered…
1880
Irregular pattern of vine-like stems bearing large leaves…
1880
Aesthetic style pattern with single-motif diamond-shaped…
1880
Climbing, flowering vines, printed in gray, brown and green…
1830
Two pieces mounted on corrugated cardboard
1820
On striped light salmon ground, staggered foliate motifs in…
1850
Imitation tapestry weave, with multi-colored floral and…
1880
Floral stripe design
1905
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
Paper with dark green ground has large-scale stylized…
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Quinces on heavy branches, acanthus leaves, in art nouveau…
1880
Diaper or foliate stripe design containing vining foliage…
1906
Vining floral design
1860
Ribbon-tied foliate oval medallions enclosing landscape…
1860
Vining floral design, with red and lavender poppies and…
1880
Diaper or trellis pattern, enclosing floral bouquets
1750
Art nouveau floral and foliate in large scale, printed in…
1914
Imitation leather
1875
Wisteria blossom with foliage is the central motif on a…
1860
A floral striped paper
1847
Two joined widths of paper printed with a repeating design…
1835
Portion of a repeating motif
1780
A large-scale acanthus rosette or medallion with eight…
1820
Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width
1890
Vertical rectangle, double-panel width
1850
Imitation leather
1875
In the Aesthetic style, stylized foliage and floral motifs…
1870
Alternating vertical serpentine foliate bands enclosing…
1800
Aesthetic style design containing two vertical patterns…
1880
Iris and white floral spray erupt from a stylized foliage…
1870
Aesthetic style design
1880
Aesthetic pattern with two columns of motifs alternately…
1880
On black ground, very dense foliage in blue, green, yellow,…
1800
Imitation tapestry weave with hunt scenes, falconer, hounds…
1875
On blue-gray ground, network of bamboo, foliage with bright…
1840
Neo-Renaissance pattern with vertical motif of strapwork…
1880
Alternating floral bouquets covering two different…
1905
Floral stripe on textured paper
1890
Diamond trellis design
1850
Roses in shades of yellow with pastel green foliage,…
1900
On light gray ground, allover honeycomb pattern made up of…
1905
Large-scale scrolling acanthus leaves forming central…
1875
Repeating motif of a floral bouquet in vase, atop two…
1905
Large foliate medallion bands with stacked squares (or…
1905
Alternating large and small foral bouquets connected by…
1905
Irise or rainbow paper
1825
Vertical stripings (3 to a width) of symmetrical foliage…
1900
Foliate treillage pattern with foliate medallions in the…
1905
Undelineated bands of green foliage motif with blue foliate…
1905
Ascending branch scheme, branches terminating in clusters…
1920
Sanitary paper
1900
Stylized foliate motif within a gold medallion, set within…
1905
Red sprays of stylized flowers within diamond pattern of…
1825
Jardin d'Hiver
1853
Plaid Floral
1820
Vine
1874
Sidewall or ceiling paper containing small bunches of…
1905
On white ground, continuous banding of red flowers and…
1820
Vertical rectangle, on pieced paper
1795
Vertical rectangle composed of joined sheets of paper
1800
Horizontal rectangle
1800
Two widths of paper with framework of acanthus scrolls in…
1860
Against a glazed off-white ground is printed an elaborately…
1840
Imitation leather
1885
Nearly a full repeat of a design showing a pair of birds…
1845
Vertical rectangle, giving complete width of the upper…
1850
Horizontal rectangle, giving a complete width less margins
1875
Vertical rectangle
1800
Drop-repeating gold quatrefoils centered with formalized…
1862
Wool flock printed to simulate voided satin Genoese velvet…
1880
Vertical stripes of yellow, forming bands, and horizontal…
1825
Blue floral stripe, with band of stylized vining floral…
1815
Enclosed within a diaper framework of acanthus foliage is a…
1880
A continuous flowering vine of lilacs and sprays of grain
1890
Vertically striped ground of blue to green to yellow, with…
1820
Diaper pattern composed of acanthus leaves
1820
Two registers of large lavender and white flowers with…
1875
Brown vine with two kinds of blue flowers and parts of…
1800
Set within white diaper framework, simple leaf motif, in…
1800
In bright blue, pink, and orange, shaded with maroon,…
1835
Large palmetta surrounded by acanthus leaves
1880
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque-style design, with stylized…
1880
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Floral clusters - orange and red roses and white and yellow…
1875
Irise or rainbow paper
1830
Against a glazed white ground are printed regularly spaced…
1840
Irregular piece, a full width in one place, giving an…
1890
Full width
1900
A small asymmetrical design composed of scrolls and leaf…
1870
A set of pipes, a tambourine, and an arrow centered in a…
1815
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1885
The central motif is a bouquet of roses surrounded by…
1855
Imitation leather
1880
Stripe design with 2 light-colored broad bands and 2 darker…
1860
Horizontal rectangle
1790
Paper printed with intersecting ellipses in brown on…
1800
Diaper pattern composed of ribbon and bosses with inset,…
1840
Floral stripe design
1830
"Ridde satin blanc
1810
Very stylized blue tulips, white tulips and acanthus leaves…
1890
Stylized floral and foliate design, printed in two shades…
1900
Lace-like vertical stripes with floral ornaments, each with…
1905
A diamond diaper pattern, with a foliate medallion at every…
1905
Floral medallions enclosed within diaper pattern formed…
1890
Framework of squares formed by conventionalized palmette…
1815
Sprays of small pink roses and yellow forget-me-nots with…
1890
Designed to give the effect of tapestry in a…
1870
Striped design
1910
On pink or mauve ground, flat pattern in pastel green and…
1879
Art Nouveau/Mission Style (?)
1905
Imitation stained glass design, with yellow tulip with…
1900
On beige ground, thin green stripe
1900
A symmetrical large-scaled design, the central motif of…
1900
A large floral design of a cluster of three roses and buds…
1920
Jeremiah Draper's Book
1800
A) Petite floral stripe pattern
1905
Adam-Hepplewhite
1875
Horizontal rectangles, giving complete width
1885
Vertical rectangle
1770
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
Blue circular motif composed of disk with four white…
1820
In center, vertical oval medallion brought to a 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
Paper has textile-inspired design of large-scale stylized…
1875
On light gray ground, rinceaux run down vertically and…
1825
Landscape scenes set within an elaborate frame in the…
1840
Central band of floral stripe growing off large vine
1850
A) On off-white patterned ground, alternating…
1875
Full width, giving slightly more than one repeat of slender…
1875
Three and one-half repeats of serpentine design of green…
1832
Printed for Nancy McClelland of New York City
1920
2 different designs mounted on support
1840
Formal design of urn containing triple-branched tudor rose…
1875
Full width
1895
Against a light blue ground, finely embossed, is printed an…
1850
Shells in the Archway
1796
The Elysee
1884
Ribbon-tied urns
1800
Four red roses alternate with four green leaves to make up…
1905
The Bramley
1905
Horizontal rectangle, roses, rosebuds, morning glories,…
1860
Imitation leather
1880
A) Vertical motif of stem with small black and blue leaves…
1814
Vertical rectangle, on joined sheets of paper
1820
Framework of leafy branches enclosing vignettes in gold and…
1860
Printed in imitation of irisé, or rainbow paper
1825
Lacey foliage diaper pattern in white, with insets of…
1825
Rococo revival pattern with scrolling foliage and large…
1855
On tan ground, an irise or rainbow design of…
1820
Vining floral, with large red roses and assorted other…
1800
An embossed paper simulating leather work of the 17th…
1880
Foliate diaper pattern with inset floral bouquets
1815
Against a gray ground are printed large blossoms and…
1850
A) Vase of floral bouquet centered within a wreath of wheat
1800
Scenic Chinese export
1850
The Fleur de Lys
1875
Louis XVI Medallions
1875
The Montesian Design
1875
Orange Walnuts
1880
République Française Liberté Égalité
1792
Delicate floral sprigs in pink and white with light green…
1905
A) The upper portions of thickly set trees are seen
1805
Lexington
1825
Leaf and Branch
1920
The Golden Tiffany
1914
English Gothic
1915
The Camellia
1890
Tudor Rose
1882
Louis XV
1910
A scenic paper composed of two different vignettes that are…
1890
A) Beige ground with green leafy clusters
1860
Medallions of dark and medium green with geometric floral…
1880
Imitation leather
1885
Arabesque-style Chinoiserie
1773
Vertical rectangle
1820
Two vertical oval medallions, at upper left and lower…
1840
Printed over gray ground with black dots and white…
1785
A) On blue-gray ground, cherubs and flowers amid white and…
1890
Hull
1813
The Afton
1900
The Templemore
1875
Vine
1873
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
The Quincy
1908
Japanese Leather
1875
Acorn
1880
Honeysuckle
1883
Kenway - Rossel
1890
Bandbox
1835
A) Different size floral bouquets with various types of…
1810
Aesthetic style design with all-over pattern of leaves and…
1880
Chinoiserie design
1870
On satin or polished green ground, two columns of…
1845
All-over vining floral pattern, with iris and various other…
1800
On gray ground imitating moire or watered silk, two columns…
1840
Les Deux Pigeons
1789
La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt)
1794
Little Boy Blue
1890
Gothic Revival design with landscape vignette
1840
The Peacock
1896
Complete width
1860
Portion of paper, a complete width giving less than one…
1885
Hoche
1798
Battle of Porte St. Denis
1830
Irregular fragments of paper with ground originally pink,…
1765
A,b) On brown ground, alternating small brown stylized…
1800
Vining floral pattern
1840
Design of grapes hanging from vines and grape leaves,…
1900
B) Small diaper pattern containing a leaf motif
1800
Vertical stripes about 4 1/2 wide, alternating apple-green…
1805
Against a white ground is printed a large, serpentine…
1840
A) Rinceau of leaves, flowering vine and grain on pale blue…
1780
Robinson Crusoe
1875
Stripes of small geometrical forms printed in blue, dotted…
1840
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1835
A) Obverse
1795
Many small pieces of two different designs
1870
A) Small clusters of green carnations and tan leaves…
1879
Fragments of pattern printed in ochre and green on light…
1820
Celandine
1872
Horizontal rectangle
1820
Marigold
Date unknown
Design for wallpaper featuring oak leaves, acorns, and…
1830
Design for Wallpaper with Alternating Vertical Rows of…
1870
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