Victorian Wallpaper: Metallic And Mica Designs
420 Victorian Wallpaper designs of metallic and mica, from the Library of Congress archive.
Affronted lion set within medallion stripe
1890
Matcing sidewall and celing paper
1900
Trails of naturalistic red roses, green leaves and thorns…
1905
Sidewall
1750
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
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
Very faded, with scrolling foliage design printed in gold…
1880
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
An all-over leaf and floral design printed in mustard…
1870
Metallic gold grains on gray ground
1875
On metallic gold ground, yellow and tan ferns alternate…
1870
On green-tan ground, scrolls in green and gold with…
1905
On gray ground, allover scrolled vines in white and browns
1905
Strapwork pattern containing bellflowers, also foliage…
1710
Vining floral pattern on textured ground
1750
Red flower and one flying insect, possibly dragon fly
1700
VIning floral pattern on embossed gilded ground
1750
On patterned orange and metallic gold ground, dark brown…
1875
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
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
Symmetrical non-repeating design, in close arrangement, of…
1690
An asymmetrical design of stylized flowers profusely…
1880
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
Scrolling foliage forming medallions
1905
Medallion stripe design, with acanthus scrolls and floral…
1905
Two different sized floral wreaths, linked together, form a…
1905
Stylized tulips, printed in metallic tans, rust and green…
1906
Repeating design of a single floral motif, surrounded by…
1905
Floral medallion, widely spaced
1905
All-over vining floral design
1906
Pattern of metallic gold foliage with gray blossoms (faded…
1880
On metallic gold ground, large fantastic flowers with…
1875
Stylized trees on a"Tiffany" metallic ground
1915
All-over floral and foliate pattern, in Aesthetic style
1880
On gray ground, central scroll motif containing cluster of…
1905
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
All-over pattern of blue scrolling leaves
1890
On blue ground, treillage of zigzags in white and gold…
1905
Square acanthus medallion enclosed within scrolling…
1875
Parrots and pomegranates with scrolling foliage
Date unknown
Leather embossed with vase and floral design
Date unknown
Damask-like design
1906
On brown ground, treillage composed of white flowers on…
1905
On tan ground, alternating brown and off-white rose bouquet…
1890
On brown ground, curved treillage with some scalloped…
1905
Large-scale flowers and foliage, with scrolling trellis…
Date unknown
Pendants of laurel and acanthus suspended within diaper…
1890
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
Aesthetic style design
1870
Large medallions, joined, printed over button-tufted…
1905
All that remains of design is some red scrolling foliage on…
1700
Gray field
1700
Stamped and gilded flowers, scrolls, and foliage
1730
On dark gray ground, white scrollwork with some shaded…
1905
Stylized floral in metallic gold, silver, green tan over…
1875
Vertical bands with small twisting floral motifs
1895
Stamped field, varnished silver
1720
Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver,…
1700
Flowering plant and one large blossom in center
1700
Full width with centered medallion of roses and bird…
1855
Smaller portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished…
1700
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1700
Pattern of four motifs of clusters of flowers scattered on…
1880
Metallic gold crosses printed at regular intervals, forming…
1860
On light gray textured ground, central floral wreath…
1905
Flitter ceiling paper
1905
On striped white and gray ground, clusters of large pink…
1905
On green ground, white scroll treillage with anthemion…
1905
Large and small C scrolls are joined together to form a…
1905
Framework of acanthus scrolls in varying sizes, some…
1905
Acanthus scroll medallion containing a floral bouquet,…
1905
Floral bouquets and swags, connected by acanthus scrolls
1905
All over pattern of scrolling acanthus vines
1905
Stylized floral motif resembling a fleur de lis within an…
1905
Medallion stripe design
1905
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
Ashlar block pattern
1905
Repeating motif of scrolling medallion, printed in green…
1895
On light gray and tan vertical striped ground
1905
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
Rococo-revival scrollwork pattern in green and metallic…
1895
Foliate medallion design
1905
Two vertical stripes 4 1/4 inches wide and 5 inches apart
1906
Floral medallions, connected by foliate swags
1905
Small four-flower bouquets connected by layers of floral…
1905
Stylized tulip, long stemmed with curled leaves on each side
1906
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
Large bouquets of flowers connected by floral swag and…
1905
Striped floral medallions connected by swags and scrolls
1905
Seemingly random arragnement of red and pink roses on leafy…
1905
Vertical stripes two inches apart
1906
Scrollwork, heraldic shields, vases of flowers printed on…
1900
Bright pink poppy flowers and green foliage appear randomly…
1905
Set within a green grid framework, a wreath tied with…
1895
On grey and tan patterned ground, alternating medallions of…
1905
Embossed large blossoms and oak-leaf type foliage
1875
On gray ground, bunches of small pink flowers and red…
1905
Between silvered vertical bands are drop repeating…
1888
Overall speckled with white, green, and red dots and…
1905
Floral pattern printed in pastel shades of blue,…
1900
Diaper pattern with shield-like shape at intersection
1905
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
Green stripe with metallic gold scrollwork alternating with…
1905
Iris in shades of brown and peach over yellow, mica ground
1875
On red patterned ground, metallic gold, red and white motif…
1905
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
Floral pattern painted on gilded embossed leather
1750
Vining floral design
1750
Small oval medallions with bowknots at top all in red with…
1875
Interlocking foliate framework with enclosed stylized…
1910
Aesthetic dense all-over pattern of exotic foliage…
1880
Repeating motif of floral bouquet in urn
1905
Repeating design of floral medallions, each connected to…
1905
Central metallic gold motif
1905
Foliate medallions having a striped fill, each containing a…
1905
Foliate motifs resembling fleur de lis forming diagonal…
1905
Stylized floral and scroll design, with red trellis and…
1900
Imitation leather
1912
Vertical stripes, 5 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches wide alternating
1906
Vertical stripes, 5 1/2 inches and 3 1/2 inches alternate
1906
Large-scale stylized floral motif, possibly tulip,…
1905
Pattern of bouquets of roses on stems, interlaced with…
1905
Leather wallcovering
1650
Ivy growing on square trellis design
1900
On light blue ground with vertical blue-edged mica stripes,…
1875
On tan ground, V-shaped central design composed of white…
1905
Stylized floral sprig, in metallic gold, printed on a…
1860
Asymmetrical arrangement of motifs, with central landscape…
1879
Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered bunches of flowers…
1880
Design of red and pink roses on vining stems
1905
Very dense pattern of foliate medallions
1905
Floral striped with stylized flowers in shades of metallic…
1875
Large-scale bunches of red and white flowers with foliage
1905
All-over small, pink stylized flowers connected by white…
1905
Art nouveau design
1905
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural style,…
1905
Open medallion framework composed of acanthus scrolls, each…
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 taupe ground, bouquets of wild flowers in brown, yellow,…
1905
Diamond motif forming a stripe design
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
A delicate climbing floral with multi-colored flowers and…
1765
Geometric pattern on textured paper
1892
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
Heart-shaped motifs form with acanthus and bell flowers,…
1905
Alternating lace-like vertical band of moiret pattern and…
1905
Covered in a small tan vining foliate pattern
1905
Acanthus medallions with floral bouquet at top, floral swag…
1905
Blue floral motifs connected by waiving yellow daisy chains…
1905
Light blue, white and metallic gold floral with scrollwork…
1890
Complete width
1890
Conventional lotus design in tan and olive embossed on…
1890
Tobacco brown ground with conventional leaf scrolls in…
1890
Dark cream ground with leaf and flower design in white, tan…
1890
Diapered field, varnished silver
1745
Entire surface is covered with a shallow relief patterning
1800
Olive ground with conventional design in lighter tone and…
1890
Fragment of leather wallcovering
1700
Aesthetic-style design
1880
3 1/2 inch wide stripes spaced six inches apart with small…
1906
Imitation leather
1875
Red and cream squares, curves and conventionalized flowers
1870
Foliate, spade-shaped medallions repeat in alternating…
1905
Floral stripe design, with acanthus scroll medallions…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Aesthetic-style design
1870
Floral bouquet set within a metallic copper oval, like a…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral…
1905
Foliate stripe design
1905
Bands of vertical lines and horizontal dashes alternate…
1905
Repeating design of medallions in diagonal stripe format,…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Similar wallhanging used in two rooms in Winterthur Museum,…
1675
Imitation leather
1875
Pattern repeated in off-set vertical columns
1880
The design is composed of continuous parallel diagonal…
1875
Yellow geometric fleur-de-lis motifs are in the center of a…
1905
Stylized leaf and flower on shades of beige and gray,…
1850
Moire design, shades of green on clear mica grounded paper…
1900
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Floral medallions with rose insets and lattice detail from…
1905
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
Individual, stylized tulips (with stem) made of grid and…
1905
Anglo-Japanesque or Japonaiserie design of pink and pastel…
1872
Art nouveau-style design, with stylized tulip and foliage…
1905
Trellis in shades of metallic gold outlined in black with…
1875
Alfred Peats Wallpaper, No. 3
1915
Alfred Peats Set A Book No. 5
1906
Horizontal rectangle
1855
A) Trellis-filled strapwork, with bellfowers, foliage and…
1710
Floral stripe
1850
Stylized floral or pomegranate design printed ti imitate a…
1880
Delicately drawn but dense pattern of foliate scrolls and…
1870
Repeating design of floral bouquets, with white flowers and…
1895
Large medallion with floral bouquet center, set within…
1907
All-over pattern of stylized flowers and foliage
1870
Gray ground, vertical bands bearing large oval motifs…
1905
On patterned tan ground, diagonal metallic gold trellis…
1875
On off-white paper with mica ground, all-over pattern of…
1880
Imitation leather
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Bold pink stripe printed on silver mica ground
1905
Alternating vertical vines of closed and open blue flowers
1905
Scrolling floral medallion set within a diamond diaper…
1905
Aesthetic style design, very stylized and flat floral…
1870
"Woven" netting-like textured ground edged on both sides in…
1875
Floral bouquet enclosed within medallion
1905
On tan ground, two staggered motifs of brown, tan and white…
1885
Imitation leather
1875
All-over vining floral pattern
1870
On green ground textured with white triangles, treillage of…
1905
Classical balanced design in stripe efect suggestive of…
1892
On silvery gray textured ground, floral motifs with scrolls
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Anglo-Japanesque design with stylized floral motifs and…
1879
Heavy paper with floral and foliate pattern in relief
1872
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Foliate medallion printed on tan background with green…
1895
Floral bouquets, with a daisy-like flower, printed on a…
1905
Imitation leather
1920
Acanthus-like frond surrounds cabbage rose outsize motif…
1875
Repeating anthemian or palmette motif, printed in rows, in…
1895
Rococo revival-style design with full leafy foliate scrolls
1850
Floral medallions with yellow rose bouquets and vining,…
1905
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Aesthetic style design
1879
A) Plain gray-brown oatmeal paper
1910
Staggered rows of pink rosebuds with green leaves and stems
1835
Floral motif, large scaled flowers with large petals in…
1890
An asymmetrical floral pattern interspersed with acanthus…
1880
Bottom central motif of a large lambrequin, suspended from…
1700
Complete width
1880
A conventionalized balanced design
1880
Large-scale foliate medallion on stripe pattern
1905
On dark green-blue ground, pattern of orange-brown oranges…
1880
Rose bouquets set within foliate framework
1905
All-over floral pattern
1905
On off-white ground, pale yellow and metallic gold flowers…
1870
Floral bouquet within medallion
1905
Shield motif, each containing six fleur-de-lis
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Medallion stripe design
1875
Large-scale foliate medallions, each containing a bouquet…
1905
Large-scale floral bouquet in urn motif, alternating with…
1860
Medallion stripe design
1905
On a vertically striped ground of off-white and mica,…
1905
Large-scale floral and scroll medallions
1905
Portions of rectangular panels
1725
Trellis pattern in dark brown with tripartite foliate at…
1905
Foliate stripe
1905
On dark turquoise ground, treillage composed of honeycombs…
1905
Large pink rose vining with back-ground of white mica…
1905
On green-blue ground, vertical stripes in white with…
1905
Stripe with conventionalized floral & foliate motif…
1880
Scrolling acanthus leaves, the larger of which contain…
1905
Floral bouquet in medallion
1905
Thick, vertical green bands with large red and gold foliate…
1905
On light brown ground, scrolled motifs in white, light blue…
1905
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
A flower in two shades of pink touched with natural colored…
1870
Against a pale yellow ground, an all-over floral and…
1879
Single symmetrical motif with four stylized daisy-like…
1880
Circular motifs connected by blue floral vining
1905
Sidewall
1890
Medallion stripe design
1895
Imitation leather
1870
On embossed metallic gold ground, tangle of foliage in gray…
1880
Imitation leather
1875
Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of vines…
1880
Dense all-over pattern of branches laden with nuts…
1880
All-over small, pink stylized flowers connected by white…
1905
Stylized red posie in white oval, surrounded by laurel crest
1875
Staggered floral medallions with floral bouquet insets and…
1905
Staggered foliate medallions connected by thin foliate…
1905
Large individual foliate medallions set close together,…
1905
Scrolling foliage with beading and acanthus leaves
1905
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
Floral stripe design
1905
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Imitation leather
1880
Imitation leather
1875
Vining floral design
1860
Diaper or trellis pattern, enclosing floral bouquets
1750
Imitation leather
1875
Imitation leather
1875
Alternating floral bouquets covering two different…
1905
On green ground, treillage of floral rinceaux in white and…
1905
Roses in shades of yellow with pastel green foliage,…
1900
On light gray ground, allover honeycomb pattern made up of…
1905
Repeating motif of a floral bouquet in vase, atop two…
1905
Alternating large and small foral bouquets connected by…
1905
Foliate treillage pattern with foliate medallions in the…
1905
Undelineated bands of green foliage motif with blue foliate…
1905
Stylized foliate motif within a gold medallion, set within…
1905
Ceiling border
1875
Design of four scenes
1870
Enclosed within a diaper framework of acanthus foliage is a…
1880
Imitation leather
1880
Stripe design with 2 light-colored broad bands and 2 darker…
1860
All-over patterning of dabs of different colors, including…
1900
Lace-like vertical stripes with floral ornaments, each with…
1905
Paper with aqua and mica ground has textile-inspired floral…
1875
A diamond diaper pattern, with a foliate medallion at every…
1905
Floral medallions enclosed within diaper pattern formed…
1890
Art nouveau / mission style
1905
Art Nouveau/Mission Style (?)
1905
A) Petite floral stripe pattern
1905
Rose bouquets set within medallions, alternating large and…
1890
Horizontal rectangles, giving complete width
1885
Full widths, (A) giving one and one-half repeats, (B)…
1885
Diapered field, varnished silver
1750
A) On off-white patterned ground, alternating…
1875
Vertical rectangle
1870
Horizontal rectangle, roses, rosebuds, morning glories,…
1860
Imitation leather
1880
All-over pattern of orange boughs with fruit and blossoms,…
1880
Imitation leather
1875
Medallion stripe design
1860
An embossed paper simulating leather work of the 17th…
1880
Delicate floral sprigs in pink and white with light green…
1905
''Keystone''
1895
Cecil
1890
Medallions of dark and medium green with geometric floral…
1880
Beaded lozenge enclosing a musical trophy and flower-filled…
1828
Tudor Rose and Fleur de Lis
1848
Japanese Leather
1875
A) Simulates Dutch tile
1890
A) Imitation wood panelling in dark browns, on polished…
1904
Arabesque
1788
Complete width
1860
Gauffred gold bands decorated with two rows of black…
1880
Japonaiserie
1883