Victorian Wallpaper: Neoclassical Designs
161 Victorian Wallpaper designs of neoclassical, from the Library of Congress archive.
Anglo-Japanesque sidewall and border
1885
A) Sidewall
1850
Three pieces of architectural elements
1810
Patriotic paper with matching sidewall and frieze on light…
1890
B) small fragment, appears to be red swag on very faded…
1838
Scrollwork and foliage, with lambrequin and urn on black…
1680
Floral wreath and swag motifs with red flowers and green…
1900
Incomplete repeat of acanthus rinceau in grisaille on gray…
1805
General Greene
1780
Irregular fragment of empire border with drapery swags in…
1805
Full width printed in blue, red and yellow with swags and…
1890
Imitation leather paper containing urn with tulips and…
1875
On grisaille ground, figural scenic, vignettes featuring…
1800
Frames with fruit and urn with bird and butterfly, printed…
1835
On blue textured ground, alternating off-white and tan…
1860
Sidewall - floral
1855
Design derived from a French silk voided velvet of the…
1920
Tall vase or urn in Renaissance style filled with bouquet…
1860
Octagonal coffers printed in grisaille with green inset,…
1810
Medallion stripe design
1905
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
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1800
Vining floral scrolls and swags with metallic gold scrolls
1905
Curvaceous leaf and flower forms rise from cornucopia and…
1885
Floral bouquet set within scrolling foliate medallion
1905
Piece of irregular shape giving full repeat
1855
Two incomplete widths, with light gray ground, joined
1850
Floral medallions, connected by foliate swags
1905
Small four-flower bouquets connected by layers of floral…
1905
Realistically rendered red roses and rose buds, alternating…
1860
Cluster of three round pink roses on stems
1906
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
Floral striped , pink flowers with green foliage on beige…
1875
L. C. Orrell & Co. Book No. 3
1906
Vertical rectangle
1840
Green foliate scrolls enclose grisaille scenes of two…
1850
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Repeating motif of floral bouquet in urn
1905
Repeating design of floral medallions, each connected to…
1905
Foliate medallions having a striped fill, each containing a…
1905
Bouquets of red roses and carnations, with floral swags
1780
Foliate medallion set within rectangular shape
1905
Leather wallcovering
1650
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
Medallion stripe design, with each medalliono filled with…
1905
Floral medallions with rose swags and foliate scrolls
1905
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
Acanthus medallions with floral bouquet at top, floral swag…
1905
Details of an architectural pillar and arch design printed…
1765
A) Small diamond diaper pattern
1835
Bouquet of flowers in basket or urn, with acanthus scrolls…
1840
Floral bouquet set within a metallic copper oval, like a…
1905
Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral…
1905
Large-scale tangle of roses
1860
Repeating design of medallions in diagonal stripe format,…
1905
On blue ground, vertical panels marked off by vertical…
1810
Grisaille wallpaper with attached border
1780
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
Border composed of a small geometric design of curved lines
1780
Nearly two widths
1845
Delicate urns and floral swags
1890
Floral bouquet enclosed within medallion
1905
Classical balanced design in stripe efect suggestive of…
1892
Small-scale brick pattern in grisaille with a recessed…
1800
A formal design inspired from the French Louis XVI period…
1890
Floral medallions with yellow rose bouquets and vining,…
1905
Arabesque paper with Priestess of Venus pouring libations,…
1789
Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving…
1791
Vertical rectangular panel with applied border on four sides
1790
Repeating design of putto and dog on pedestal connected by…
1780
Arabesque with classical orange figures in landscapes,…
1790
Rococo revival design with inset landscape cartouches of…
1860
Arabesque design with floral swags and two alternating…
1780
Arabesque design
1785
Central motif of a floral bouquet in an urn, on top of a…
1750
Floral bouquet within medallion
1905
Shield motif, each containing six fleur-de-lis
1905
Large-scale floral bouquet in urn motif, alternating with…
1860
Cluster of three round pink roses on stems
1906
Simulates a two-toned Genoese velvet in a Renaissance design
1920
Floral bouquets, with foliate swags and scrolls, printed in…
1821
Printed in grisaille and beige on gray ground, widely…
1855
Floral bouquet in medallion
1905
On cream ground, landscape design printed in shades of…
1900
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
Trompe l'oeil design of trophies consisting of a dead duck…
1840
Vertical rectangle
1796
Full width of paper with a single drop-repeating motif of…
1840
A) Powdering of six-pointed stars which are now black,…
1740
One full repeat, part of another
1780
Floral bouquet set within a foliate medallion
1905
Delicate rose bouquets, with pink and white flowers and…
1860
Gray and green irise or rainbow ground, overprinted with…
1830
Against a glazed off-white ground is printed an elaborately…
1840
Drapery paper with lace floral motifs and green clover…
1810
Portion of an urn with floral sprays
1770
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
1795
Horizontal lozenge
1800
Landscape views with figures
1845
Grisaille roses in random arrangement on greenish-gray…
1880
Grisaille paper, white and black pattern on gray
1780
Scrollwork enframing landscape with stag and mountains,…
1840
Ribbon-tied foliate oval medallions enclosing landscape…
1860
A large-scale acanthus rosette or medallion with eight…
1820
Neoclassical pattern of columns of flower bouquets with…
1880
Fruit, including grapes, peaches and cherries, sitting on…
1810
Repeating motif of a floral bouquet in vase, atop two…
1905
Alternating large and small foral bouquets connected by…
1905
Printed for Nancy McClelland of New York City
1920
Landscape medallions printed in an architectural framework,…
1905
Against a glazed off-white ground is printed an elaborately…
1840
Drop-repeating gold quatrefoils centered with formalized…
1862
Arabesque, including roundel with battle trophies in…
1790
Bouquets of red flowers set within floral garlands
1800
On blue ground, neoclassical-style trophies in wreaths,…
1770
Vertical strip picturing details of Gothic architecture in…
1845
Arabesque design
1790
Groups of putti centered around pedestal, printed in…
1825
Square of paper printed with basketwork or basket weave…
1785
Horizontal rectangle
1790
Adam-Hepplewhite
1875
Design simulates a semi-circular trellis of delicate,…
1850
Pastoral scenes including a country girl in cap and apron…
1840
Landscape scenes set within an elaborate frame in the…
1840
Formal design of urn containing triple-branched tudor rose…
1875
Against a light blue ground, finely embossed, is printed an…
1850
Ribbon-tied urns
1800
View of New York City harbor as seen from Castle Williams…
1830
The Monastery
1900
Offering to Cupid
1800
The Montesian Design
1875
A) The upper portions of thickly set trees are seen
1805
English Gothic
1915
Arabesque-style Chinoiserie
1773
New Hampshire Bird
1810
Britannia
1765
Two vertical rectangles of joined sheets of paper, with one…
1800
On satin or polished green ground, two columns of…
1845
Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque
1785
Les Deux Pigeons
1789
La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt)
1794
Britannia
1770
Complete width
1860
Vining floral pattern
1840
A) Rinceau of leaves, flowering vine and grain on pale blue…
1780
On flocked deep red ground, two identical columns of…
1835
A) Obverse
1795
Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons
1785
Sacred to Washington
1800
Britannia
1794
Lexington Minuteman
1775
Savoyards
1840
Wall panel of hand-painted silk with garden urns
Date unknown