Victorian Wallpaper: Medallions Designs
235 Victorian Wallpaper designs of medallions, from the Library of Congress archive.
Anglo-Japanesque sidewall and border
1885
Three pieces of architectural elements
1810
Sidewall with "C" scroll and Foliate Decoration
1850
Affronted lion set within medallion stripe
1890
Matcing sidewall and celing paper
1900
A) Sidewall
1860
B) small fragment, appears to be red swag on very faded…
1838
Floral medallion printed in greens with white floral…
1850
Medallions printed in blue on a grey ground with scrolling…
1910
Framework of vines with shells containing stylized floral…
1875
Quatrefoil medallion with red center, surrounded by foliate…
1840
General Greene
1780
Ashlar block design with Greek-inspired medallion centered…
1840
Textile imitation
1906
Scrolling foliage forming medallions
1905
Medallion stripe design, with acanthus scrolls and floral…
1905
Floral stripe design
1860
Floral medallion, widely spaced
1905
Striped wallpaper, amoebic shapes alternating with rows of…
1820
Small oval medallion with beading containing bouquet of…
1860
Three fragments
1850
On tan ground, staggered medallions in arabesque form…
1905
Floral medallion in red, cream and green, over brown…
1875
Square acanthus medallion enclosed within scrolling…
1875
On brown ground, treillage composed of white flowers on…
1905
On tan ground, alternating brown and off-white rose bouquet…
1890
Bright green and tan rectangular medallions alternating…
1860
Design of closely spaced foliate medallions
1905
Floral medallion stripe, with brown and black medallion…
1900
Crown medallion alternating with diamond-shape rope twist
1875
Large medallions, joined, printed over button-tufted…
1905
Solid maroon with geometric pattern incorporating stylized…
1880
Full width with centered medallion of roses and bird…
1855
Drop repeating design
1885
Medallion stripe design
1905
Flitter ceiling paper
1905
Acanthus scroll medallion containing a floral bouquet,…
1905
Medallion stripe pattern with each medallion containing a…
1905
Floral design with acanthus scroll medallions filled with a…
1905
Medallion stripe design
1905
Vertical pattern of dark green-brown bands with staggered…
1905
Repeating motif of scrolling medallion, printed in green…
1895
Floral medallion design
1905
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
Foliate medallion design
1905
Staggered medallions on textured purple ground
1905
Bold multi-color stripe, alternating with foliate medallions
1905
Fragments of two lengths, badly matched
1775
Floral medallions, connected by foliate swags
1905
Repeating floral medallion motif
1905
Parts a,b are joined together
1865
Medallion stripe pattern
1905
Repeating motif of bouquet of flowers in vase
1905
On gray ground with allover white and black specks,…
1905
Striped floral medallions connected by swags and scrolls
1905
On grey and tan patterned ground, alternating medallions of…
1905
Diagonal lines of white dots on a pale blue field
1780
Diamond trellis pattern, formed by square foliate medallions
1905
Alfred Peats Prize Wallpaper
1910
L. C. Orrell & Co. Book No. 3
1906
Scenic medallion with group of old country houses on right…
1825
Vertical rectangle
1860
Small oval medallions with bowknots at top all in red with…
1875
A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf…
1843
Drop repeating motif
1840
Repeating design of floral medallions, each connected to…
1905
Foliate medallions having a striped fill, each containing a…
1905
Foliate medallion set within rectangular shape
1905
On light blue ground with vertical blue-edged mica stripes,…
1875
Large-scale floral medallions
1905
Very dense pattern of foliate medallions
1905
Art nouveau design
1905
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural style,…
1905
On gray-taupe ground, treillage composed of scrolls
1905
Open medallion framework composed of acanthus scrolls, each…
1905
On cream ground, treillage composed of clusters of trees in…
1905
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
Medallion stripe design, with each medalliono filled with…
1905
On dark gray-blue ground, vertical stripes with staggered…
1905
Landscape medallions with grass, flowers, trees, and…
1905
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
On a vertically striped ground in tan and brown, pattern of…
1905
Floral bouquet enclosed within a foliate scroll medallion,…
1905
Irregular floral stripe design in the Rococo style
1905
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
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
Alfred Peats No. 4
1908
Complete width
1890
A) Small diamond diaper pattern
1835
Aesthetic style design
1879
Foliate, spade-shaped medallions repeat in alternating…
1905
Floral stripe design, with acanthus scroll medallions…
1905
Medallion stripe, printed in blue, green and tan on…
1907
Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral…
1905
Large-scale medallions, connected by smaller feather-like…
1890
Repeating design of medallions in diagonal stripe format,…
1905
Two alternating landscape medallions enframed in symetric…
1890
Floral medallions with rose insets and lattice detail from…
1905
Large foliate medallions in vertical lines that are offset
1905
Large medallions made of foliate scrolls with a bouquet of…
1905
Lace-like foliate bands with alternating small and large…
1905
Foliate medallions arranged in diagonal row format
1905
Sample book
1900
Nearly two widths
1845
Pale blue crackled ground with drop-repeating scrollwork…
1890
Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design
1788
Very dense pattern, with floral medallions closely spaced,…
1905
Large medallion with floral bouquet center, set within…
1907
Large gold medallions, containing gold motif on deep red,…
1890
In one flat shade of mauve on pink, geometricized…
1880
Bold pink stripe printed on silver mica ground
1905
Scrolling floral medallion set within a diamond diaper…
1905
Large-scale red poppies set within scrolling medallion
1900
Floral bouquet enclosed within medallion
1905
Floral medallion design
1905
Scrolling acanthus pattern, with foliage forming repeating…
1905
On green ground textured with white triangles, treillage of…
1905
Large stylized floral medallion
1905
Rococo revival
1840
Floral bouquet in medallion, printed in void of moire-like…
1907
Scrolling foliate medallion enclosing squirrels perched on…
1820
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Foliate medallion printed on tan background with green…
1895
Green conventionalized floral medallions within mustard…
1825
Floral medallions with yellow rose bouquets and vining,…
1905
Aesthetic style design
1879
Art Nouveau style
1907
Horizontal rectangle, with portion of circular motif
1792
Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving…
1791
Vertical rectangular panel with applied border on four sides
1790
Repeating pattern developed on a vertical axis
1785
Series of diamond shaped medallions running diagonally, all…
1870
Large-scale foliate medallion on stripe pattern
1905
Large-scale floral in acanthus medallion
1875
On textured gray ground, thin vertical bands containing…
1905
Floral bouquet within medallion
1905
Foliate medallion on stripe
1905
Medallion stripe design
1907
Medallion stripe design
1875
Stylized floral medallion, surrounded by foliate and berry…
1875
Large-scale foliate medallions, each containing a bouquet…
1905
Medallion stripe design
1905
On deep red textured ground, alternating medallions in…
1890
Large-scale floral and scroll medallions
1905
Arabesque design, putti in gold medallion with pink…
1800
Very stylized floral motifs, set within a large-scale…
1875
On light yellow ground, scroll-like treillage containing…
1905
Foliate stripe
1905
Landscape medallions printed on a textured background…
1905
Floral bouquet in medallion
1905
Thick, vertical green bands with large red and gold foliate…
1905
Diaper pattern formed by repeating design of floral…
1890
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
The Mary Leuly Stafford Paper
1850
Repeating medallion in brick red and darker red, of figure…
1795
Medallion of large shallow bowl, with three feet and link…
1785
Vertical rectangle, giving slightly more than one repeat of…
1840
Octagon medallion having appearance of coffered panel, with…
1800
Floral bouquet set within a foliate medallion
1905
Medallion stripe design
1895
Circular red floral medallion on stripe of blue laurel…
1780
Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper
1815
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
Rococo Revival style
1850
Large individual foliate medallions set close together,…
1905
Medallion stripe design
1850
In center, large frame printed in salmon pink and green…
1860
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
1795
Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design
1785
Alternating vertical stripes, the wider of which has…
1890
Design consists of a single circular medallion or rosette…
1830
Circular medallion with a six-pointed rosette in center
1820
Design inspired by a 17th century Genoese cut voided velvet
1885
Rococo Revival landscape medallions, scenes alternate…
1840
Ribbon-tied foliate oval medallions enclosing landscape…
1860
A and b are joined together
1840
A large-scale acanthus rosette or medallion with eight…
1820
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
Stylized foliate motif within a gold medallion, set within…
1905
Rectangles and diagonal squares are placed in alternating…
1880
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural framework,…
1905
Thousand and One Nights
1840
Vertical rectangle, on pieced paper
1795
Against a glazed off-white ground is printed an elaborately…
1840
Vertical strip framed in three separate sections
1860
Vertical rectangle, giving complete width of the upper…
1850
Drop-repeating gold quatrefoils centered with formalized…
1862
Two scenes of Italy showing the Bay of Naples enframed in…
1855
Vertical strip picturing details of Gothic architecture in…
1845
Against an ungrounded off-white paper marbled with pale…
1840
"Ridde satin blanc
1810
A diamond diaper pattern, with a foliate medallion at every…
1905
Floral medallions enclosed within diaper pattern formed…
1890
Two dark blue circular medallions containing, respectively,…
1848
On pink or mauve ground, flat pattern in pastel green and…
1879
A symmetrical large-scaled design, the central motif of…
1900
Rose bouquets set within medallions, alternating large and…
1890
Simulates a damask design drawn in a large scale
1920
Imitation leather
1875
In center, vertical oval medallion brought to a rectangle…
1835
Vertical rectangle
1835
A) On off-white patterned ground, alternating…
1875
Vertical rectangle
1835
Symmetrical design, classic influence
1920
Medallion stripe design
1860
Small multicolor floral bouquet within diamond-like…
1860
Seventeenth century-type flower and scrollwork motifs in…
1880
Major motif a gold heart enframed by a fetterlock with…
1848
A) Vase of floral bouquet centered within a wreath of wheat
1800
Louis XVI Medallions
1875
Medallions of dark and medium green with geometric floral…
1880
All-over patterning of stylized floral motifs forming…
1879
Two vertical oval medallions, at upper left and lower…
1840
Printed over gray ground with black dots and white…
1785
Tudor Rose and Fleur de Lis
1848
New Hampshire Bird
1810
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Floral medallion stripe pattern, featuring pink roses with…
1900
A) Panel outlined in stripes of two shades of blue and in…
1890
Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque
1785
Hoche
1798
Many small pieces of two different designs
1870
A) Small clusters of green carnations and tan leaves…
1879
La Cassolette
1780
Design for wallpaper with Roman key border, rinceaux, and…
1830