Victorian Wallpaper: Geometric Designs
Lattices, diapers and interlaced forms, often drawn from the ornament books of Owen Jones and Christopher Dresser.
Patriotic paper with matching sidewall and frieze on light…
1890
A) Sidewall containing a vase with bouquet
1805
Blue and white diamond diaper with simplified flowers
1800
Sidewall on board
1830
Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage in green
1700
Large floral bouquet within framework of strapwork
1700
With green field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Field diapered, varnished silver, foliage in red, white and…
1700
With blue field
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver, scroll of blue foliage,…
1700
Gray diamonds, blue ovals with flowers
1840
Rosettes in diaper-like framework
1800
Large-scale diaper pattern in Rococo-revival style
1850
Diamond diaper design with stylized floral motif containing…
1850
Speckled all-over with pink, green brown, and light grey…
1905
Quatrefoil medallion with red center, surrounded by foliate…
1840
Diaper pattern with white quatrefoil alternating with blue…
1850
Vines and fancy diamonds
1830
Strapwork pattern containing bellflowers, also foliage…
1710
Diaper pattern, yellow-green vining floral and scrolls…
1890
Green acanthus boss set within a diamond diaper design
1840
With black field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Field diapered, painted cream, silver and red foliage
1700
Gilded field, diapered, tulips, carnation, roses, with a…
1700
Alternating stripes of black foliage and black and white…
1800
Top and bottom borders with design imitating passementerie…
1860
Scrolling foliage and stylized flowers, trellis-patterned…
1720
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
With blue field, flowers raised against a diapered…
1710
Central floral-foliate motif, with a band of geometric…
1730
Portion of a paper showing a pattern of vines and flowers…
1870
Against a light gray ground are printed diagonally running…
1850
Lonzenge pattern of blue with red dots at points of…
1840
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage and parrot in…
1700
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
Diapered field of varnished silver
1700
Full length of paper with lozenge-shaped diaper design
1860
Vertical rectangle
1890
Blue and white stripes with petal shapes in blue on white…
1820
Aesthetic all-over pattern with scattered stylized flowers…
1880
Very small fragment
1850
Two different sized floral wreaths, linked together, form a…
1905
Grape and trellis design
1906
Floral medallion, widely spaced
1905
All-over vining floral design
1906
Diamond diaper design with fleur-de-lys and Tudor rose…
1840
Stripes of alternating predominantly black & white amoeba…
1820
Striped wallpaper, amoebic shapes alternating with rows of…
1820
Small clusters of grapes with leaves on vine growing around…
1906
Diamond trellis pattern with small black diamonds at point…
1830
All-over vining floral design
1906
Alternating floral sprig motifs printed in shades of green…
1850
On tan ground, staggered medallions in arabesque form…
1905
Very large poppy-like flower with large acanthus leaves to…
1906
Square acanthus medallion enclosed within scrolling…
1875
Damask-like design
1906
Floral stripe design
1905
Red quatrefoil motif, outlined in orange, set within diaper…
1850
Stripe of gray leaves with white veining surrounded by…
1820
Large-scale flowers and foliage, with scrolling trellis…
Date unknown
Vertical stripes of interrupted lines in brown and green,…
1900
Pendants of laurel and acanthus suspended within diaper…
1890
Irregularly-shaped portion of design showing vine and…
1850
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
All-over design of spiderwebs on background of tiny dots…
1906
Roses with leaves having look of embroidery
1906
On light brown ground, overlapping dots in red, green, and…
1905
Small oval shapes formed with two demiloon shapes
1800
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern with scattered leaves and…
1880
Geometric forms, trefoils, interlocking with each other,…
1906
Crown medallion alternating with diamond-shape rope twist
1875
Solid maroon with geometric pattern incorporating stylized…
1880
A) Stripe with diapered pattern, flanked by broad dotted…
1800
Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver,…
1700
Imitation leather
1920
Smaller portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished…
1700
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1700
Formerly in a house at Marblehead, Massachusetts
1800
Imitation leather
1920
Aesthetic all-over pattern with stylized bunches of peony…
1880
Landscape design with rose bush in square planter…
1780
Stylized floral/foliate stripe design
1820
Original document for "Diamond Damask"
1820
Aesthetic all-over pattern with stylized bunches of peony…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
On textured gray ground, staggered square motifs in…
1905
Flitter ceiling paper
1905
Large and small C scrolls are joined together to form a…
1905
Framework of acanthus scrolls in varying sizes, some…
1905
Grape and trellis design
1906
Brown cartouche set within diaper or trellis framework
1860
Rows of rectangles and squares with repeated stylized motifs
1905
Small diamond diaper design
1830
Art nouveau
1906
Floral medallion design
1905
Irise paper with geometric format printed in shades of red…
1820
Narrow brown diagonal bands form a diaper pattern at the…
1850
Full width of paper with geometric design of green figure…
1840
Aesthetic style design
1880
Dense Neo-Rococo pattern with two distinct roughly…
1880
Faux aqua-colored marble brick or ashlar block pattern
1810
Lozenge or diamond diaper framework with stylized anthemion…
1870
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern with stylized flowering…
1880
Tulips on curved stem and oblong leaves vertically designed…
1906
Overall speckle pattern with small dots, larger blotches,…
1905
A squared off, repeating, strapwork design in green,…
1810
Parts a,b are joined together
1865
Diamond diaper pattern
1860
Dots, wavering vertical pin stripes in black, printed over…
1875
Imitation leather
1920
Diagonal lines of white dots on a pale blue field
1780
Diamond trellis pattern, formed by square foliate medallions
1905
Overall speckled with white, green, and red dots and…
1905
Floral striped , pink flowers with green foliage on beige…
1875
Diaper pattern with shield-like shape at intersection
1905
Blue field, diapered scrollwork with sprays of flowers and…
1680
Prominent framework with scalloped ends, ornamented with…
1700
Lattice work in diamond diaper pattern with white lacy…
1804
A) beneath "b", ungrounded paper on which is printed a…
1900
Scenic medallion with group of old country houses on right…
1825
Medium sized diamond shaped motifs of geometric design of…
1920
Vertical rectangle composed of pieced fragments
1765
Vining floral design
1750
All-over pattern of branches laden with different fruits…
1880
All-over pattern of garden flowers with foliage irregularly…
1880
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Imitation leather
1910
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of…
1880
Drop repeating motif
1840
Art nouveau
1906
Woman sitting in rope swing within floral diaper pattern
1830
Yellow ocher quatrefoil motifs connected by white scrolling…
1905
Floral stripe, with vertical band of flowers between bands…
1820
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Stylized floral and scroll design, with red trellis and…
1900
Pattern of bouquets of roses on stems, interlaced with…
1905
Ivy growing on square trellis design
1900
On light blue ground with vertical blue-edged mica stripes,…
1875
Two roses with buds and leaaves tied with large bow and two…
1906
Irregular vertical rectangle with significant losses
1870
A bathroom-type (sanitary) paper divided into squares,…
1915
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered bunches of flowers…
1880
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern…
1880
Very dense pattern of foliate medallions
1905
Floral striped with stylized flowers in shades of metallic…
1875
All-over small, pink stylized flowers connected by white…
1905
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural style,…
1905
Tall bouquets of white floweres with white floral vining…
1905
Running in four parallel bands, intertwined lines form…
1879
Geometric pattern printed on red paper
1890
Diamond motif forming a stripe design
1905
Floral bouquet enclosed within a foliate scroll medallion,…
1905
Rosettes linked by lines forming diamonds, which are filled…
1795
Single drop-repeating motif
1890
Geometric pattern on textured paper
1892
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
Covered in a small tan vining foliate pattern
1905
Diagonal large foliate medallions
1905
Fragments of black and turquois geometric pattern
Date unknown
On gray ground, with vertical dark squares in stripes
1905
Imitation leather
1885
Diapered field, varnished silver
1745
Diamond trellis design with small inset quatrefoil motif
1840
Simple pattern of two abstract motifs, one large, one…
1880
Red and cream squares, curves and conventionalized flowers
1870
A) Small diamond diaper pattern
1835
Foliate, spade-shaped medallions repeat in alternating…
1905
On light blue ground, dark blue and white floral and…
1775
Geometric format, with Greek key-like motif
1868
Bands of vertical lines and horizontal dashes alternate…
1905
Vertical beads and bands composed of abstract and geometric…
1906
Pattern in two closely related shades of greenish-blue
1840
Lozenge pattern on light brown background, diamond shapes…
1800
Aesthetic-style paper with leaves and trellis
1879
The design is composed of continuous parallel diagonal…
1875
Allover overlapping dots in gray, white, and dark green or…
1905
Yellow geometric fleur-de-lis motifs are in the center of a…
1905
Squares defined by bead and reel and four lines
1800
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
Imitation leather
1920
Irregular vertical rectangle, with Indian Tree of Life…
1765
Divided in one inch vertical stripes alternating, one dull…
1890
Imitation leather
1920
Anglo-Japanesque or Japonaiserie design of pink and pastel…
1872
Trellis in shades of metallic gold outlined in black with…
1875
Square composed of stripes of blue and stippled white on…
1800
Border composed of a small geometric design of curved lines
1780
All-over pattern of stylized hexagonal rosettes separated…
1800
Roses and foliate forms and scrollwork, gray and blue
1850
Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design
1788
A) Trellis-filled strapwork, with bellfowers, foliage and…
1710
Horizontal rectangle, with beaded stripes of black and…
1790
Very dense pattern, with floral medallions closely spaced,…
1905
Large medallion with floral bouquet center, set within…
1907
Red flocked floral paper used in the hall
1905
Gray ground, vertical bands bearing large oval motifs…
1905
Geometric pattern of diamond shapes
1800
On patterned tan ground, diagonal metallic gold trellis…
1875
On gray, red, and yellow striated and textured ground,…
1905
Alternating vertical vines of closed and open blue flowers
1905
Scrolling floral medallion set within a diamond diaper…
1905
On tan ground, two staggered motifs of brown, tan and white…
1885
Irregularly shaped portion of paper with stepped lattice…
1860
Diamond diaper design, with white framework containing…
1800
Continuous scroll design formed by large peony flowers and…
1880
Rococo revival
1840
On light blue ground, Greek key frame printed in green with…
1800
Six-petalled flower shapes outlined in white and filled…
1800
Large-scale stylized floral motifs, forming a diaper-like…
1906
Anglo-Japanesque design with stylized floral motifs and…
1879
Damask-style diaper pattern created by vining foliage
1875
Trellis pattern covered with vining floral
1801
Foliate medallion printed on tan background with green…
1895
Imitation leather
1920
Conventionalized design
1900
Imitation leather
1920
Rococo revival-style design with full leafy foliate scrolls
1850
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Art Nouveau style
1907
Almost complete width of paper with alternating vertical…
1795
Large peacock feathers hang down over drapery edged in pink…
1810
Staggered rows of pink rosebuds with green leaves and stems
1835
Repeating paper probably used for a border
1813
Rows of drop-repeating conventionalized flower forms…
1885
Bottom central motif of a large lambrequin, suspended from…
1700
Vertical rectangle
1785
Series of diamond shaped medallions running diagonally, all…
1870
Aesthetic-style design of dense all-over large-scale…
1880
Aesthetic all-over pattern of stylized leafy vines with…
1880
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Central motif of a floral bouquet in an urn, on top of a…
1750
Southwest Indian style
1905
On gray ground, fill of black dots, small scale pattern of…
1750
On dark green-blue ground, pattern of orange-brown oranges…
1880
Bouquet of red roses, set within wreath, tied with lavender…
1845
Printed thickly in blue and white on turquoise ground,…
1800
A) Diamond diaper pattern with bright blue crosses at…
1855
On cream ground, maze-like pattern in darker shade of beige…
1800
Portions of rectangular panels
1725
Floral stripe pattern
1875
Aesthetic all-over pattern of sprigs of roses and other…
1880
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Deep green stylized floral stripe printed over background…
1910
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
Small-scale diaper or honeycomb pattern with inset of…
1860
Damask-like acanthus pattern in large scale regular ogive…
1890
On gray ground, gray and white vertical stripe fill broken…
1875
Stripe with conventionalized floral & foliate motif…
1880
Full width of paper with diagonal squares composed of green…
1830
Top portion of trellis panel
1890
Diaper pattern formed by repeating design of floral…
1890
Embossed floral bouquet set within a basket weave textured…
1890
Stripe design, with diamond quatrefoils alternating with…
1860
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
On white ground trellis work of thick brown branches with…
1850
Vertical rectangle
1810
Square of paper showing two motifs of a large-scale…
1800
Medallion of large shallow bowl, with three feet and link…
1785
Vertical rectangle
1796
Diamond-shape clusters of foliage and flowers are connected…
1830
Imitation leather
1885
Serpentine rose branches ascending a thin diagonal trellis
1845
Neo-Rococo all-over pattern of sprouting flowers with…
1880
All-over pattern of naturalistic sprays of flowers and…
1880
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern of scattered sprigs of…
1880
Trellis or diamond diaper framework made of running Greek…
1875
Dense all-over pattern of foliage with small purple-red…
1880
Diaper pattern with the repeating central motif of a…
1850
Aesthetic pattern with motif of flowering vine with several…
1880
Red and green pattern on white ground
1835
Vertical bands of thin green stripes alternating with bands…
1905
Imitation leather
1870
Stylized tulips arranged in vertical lines that are offset
1905
On blue ground, rows of almond shapes composed of yellow…
1800
The squares which are formed by orange vertical and…
1800
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered highly-stylized…
1880
Rustic pattern of sprigs of flowering vines floating freely…
1880
All-over small, pink stylized flowers connected by white…
1905
Large, suspended purple flowers on green trellis, printed…
1902
On striped ground in beige and white, with green textured…
1905
Rococo Revival style
1850
A highly stylized tulip design in alternating squares
1920
Small wallpaper fragments, diamond pattern containing…
1850
Square of paper, with rows of small clusters of roses and…
1780
A) Two putti holding up vase of flowers
1815
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Vertical rectangle
1780
Square of pieced paper printed with tangent serpentine…
1785
Design in black and white
1790
Shaped squarish figures form a checker board or diamond…
1825
On strong yellow ground a group of two men in medieval…
1815
Two larger portions mounted on canvas, with space between,…
1768
Vertical rectangle
1810
All-over Aesthetic pattern of enlarged, highly-stylized…
1880
Aesthetic style pattern with single-motif diamond-shaped…
1880
Two pieces mounted on corrugated cardboard
1820
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Diaper or foliate stripe design containing vining foliage…
1906
Diaper or trellis pattern, enclosing floral bouquets
1750
A floral striped paper
1847
A and b are joined together
1840
Full width
1800
In the Aesthetic style, stylized foliage and floral motifs…
1870
Stylized blue flowers set within tan diaper framework
1875
Alternating vertical serpentine foliate bands enclosing…
1800
Diamond trellis design
1850
Diaper pattern with repeating scene of couple dancing
1780
Vignettes in browns, green, blue and white against an ocher…
1825
On green ground, treillage of floral rinceaux in white and…
1905
On light gray ground, allover honeycomb pattern made up of…
1905
Large foliate medallion bands with stacked squares (or…
1905
Foliate treillage pattern with foliate medallions in the…
1905
On silvery white ground large yellow roses on pale gray…
1907
Small stylized floral motif, imitating textile, may…
1869
Diaper pattern with landscape vignettes containing boats,…
1850
Stylized foliate motif within a gold medallion, set within…
1905
Red sprays of stylized flowers within diamond pattern of…
1825
Rectangles and diagonal squares are placed in alternating…
1880
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural framework,…
1905
Floral Brocade
1875
The Rosemount
1900
Chesterfield
1865
Vertical rectangle composed of joined sheets of paper
1800
Three motifs of a paper with Neapolitan scenes enclosed in…
1860
Vertical rectangle
1810
Imitation leather
1885
Vertical stripes of yellow, forming bands, and horizontal…
1825
Blue floral stripe, with band of stylized vining floral…
1815
A diamond trellis or plaid design, with floral rosettes at…
1800
Enclosed within a diaper framework of acanthus foliage is a…
1880
Diaper pattern composed of acanthus leaves
1820
Set within white diaper framework, simple leaf motif, in…
1800
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Full width
1900
Anglo-Japanesque design composed of fountain, lake, pond,…
1879
Square of paper printed with basketwork or basket weave…
1785
Paper printed with intersecting ellipses in brown on…
1800
Diaper pattern composed of ribbon and bosses with inset,…
1840
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
Naturalistic bouquets and small diamond pattern with…
1840
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Tile pattern, smallish squares with deep blue lines printed…
1900
Framework of squares formed by conventionalized palmette…
1815
Designed to give the effect of tapestry in a…
1870
On gray/taupe ground, gray fill of powdered dots, lines
1810
Art Nouveau/Mission Style (?)
1905
Vertical rectangle
1770
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Vertical rectangle on joined sheets of paper
1795
Design simulates a semi-circular trellis of delicate,…
1850
Two pieces of original document for "Dijon," fruit and…
1800
A) On off-white patterned ground, alternating…
1875
Diamond trellis design with inset floral motif
1840
Design divided by narrow vertical stripes composed of small…
1800
Vertical rectangle
1870
Imitation leather
1875
Lacey foliage diaper pattern in white, with insets of…
1825
Rococo revival pattern with scrolling foliage and large…
1855
A) Green irregular circular motifs on top of smaller light…
1800
Foliate diaper pattern with inset floral bouquets
1815
Small multicolor floral bouquet within diamond-like…
1860
In the Aesthetic style, stylized plant and floral motifs…
1870
A) Vase of floral bouquet centered within a wreath of wheat
1800
Louis XVI Medallions
1875
Orange Walnuts
1880
Delicate floral sprigs in pink and white with light green…
1905
A) Beige ground with green leafy clusters
1860
Medallions of dark and medium green with geometric floral…
1880
Imitation leather
1885
Three fragments of the same design printed in two colorways
1840
Printed over gray ground with black dots and white…
1785
The Horse Fair
1855
Hull
1813
The Fleur-de-Lys
1875
Two vertical rectangles of joined sheets of paper, with one…
1800
Aesthetic style design with all-over pattern of leaves and…
1880
A) Panel outlined in stripes of two shades of blue and in…
1890
Irregular fragments of paper with ground originally pink,…
1765
A,b) On brown ground, alternating small brown stylized…
1800
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
Gauffred gold bands decorated with two rows of black…
1880
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1835
A) Obverse
1795
Fragments of pattern printed in ochre and green on light…
1820
Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlapping…
1880
Trellis
1864
Peony
1920
Sheet with overall red geometric and floral pattern
Date unknown