Victorian Wallpaper: Scrollwork And Damask Designs
Curving scrolls and large silk-inspired motifs that imitate woven hangings.
Sidewall with "C" scroll and Foliate Decoration
1850
Sidewall sample with varieties of flowers and fruit,…
1906
Small-scale light green scrolls printed on darker…
1868
Matcing sidewall and celing paper
1900
Trails of naturalistic red roses, green leaves and thorns…
1905
Matching sidewall and border
1885
Scrolling strapwork with foliage and flowers
1680
Large floral bouquet within framework of strapwork
1700
With green field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Floral medallion printed in greens with white floral…
1850
Very faded, with scrolling foliage design printed in gold…
1880
Medallions printed in blue on a grey ground with scrolling…
1910
With blue field
1700
Scrollwork and foliage, with lambrequin and urn on black…
1680
Scrollwork and foliage
1680
With blue-gray field
1700
Diapered field, varnished silver, scroll of blue foliage,…
1700
Grey field
1700
Red flock, damask-like pattern, with step-edged outlines
1890
Floral bouquets and scrolling foliage
1906
On green-tan ground, scrolls in green and gold with…
1905
On off-white ground, alternating floral motif with pink…
1860
Damask-like design
1906
Strapwork pattern containing bellflowers, also foliage…
1710
Diaper pattern, yellow-green vining floral and scrolls…
1890
Scrolling foliage and floral design
1850
With black field, flowers and diapered scrollwork
1710
Flowers and scrolling foliage
1700
Small portion of a paper showing a symmetrical arrangement…
1870
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
Gray field
1700
Two joined widths of paper printed with a repeating design…
1890
Imitation leather
1860
Strapwork and stylized foliation, similar to tile work or…
1825
Gold and silver foliate arabesque on dark blue ground
1885
Field silver, varnished with yellow
1710
Embossed with scrollwork and foliage, two game birds on a…
1680
Stamped field with scrollwork and foliage
1720
Black field, diapered scrollwork, with sprays of flowers…
1680
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
Lozenge framework formed of foliate scrolls, with small…
1800
Bi-symmetrical foliage, flower and foliate scroll pattern…
1843
Scrolling foliage forming medallions
1905
Medallion stripe design, with acanthus scrolls and floral…
1905
Art nouveau design with large-scale tulips and scrolling…
1893
Repeating design of a single floral motif, surrounded by…
1905
On off-white ground, green scrolling foliage frames…
1890
Brown scrollwork with pink and blue flowers and green…
1875
All-over floral and foliate pattern, in Aesthetic style
1880
On gray ground, central scroll motif containing cluster of…
1905
On tan ground, staggered medallions in arabesque form…
1905
All-over pattern of blue scrolling leaves
1890
Square acanthus medallion enclosed within scrolling…
1875
Parrots and pomegranates with scrolling foliage
Date unknown
Damask-like design
1906
In thinly applied colors, white scroll work, deep pink…
1840
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
On tan ground, alternating brown and off-white rose bouquet…
1890
Large-scale flowers and foliage, with scrolling trellis…
Date unknown
This design is a large scaled formal one
1870
Vertical rectangle with plain right edge
1860
This paper is printed in a large design to simulate cut…
1859
Full width of paper giving portion of repeating design of…
1845
Rococo-revival style floral stripe design
1850
On gray ground, lyre-shaped motifs containing pink blossom…
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 tan paper, allover scrolls in green, red, and gold
1905
On dark gray ground, white scrollwork with some shaded…
1905
Stamped field, varnished silver
1720
On dark gray ground, white scrollwork with gold beaded frame
1905
Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver,…
1700
Small roses in bright shaded reds with green and brown…
1890
Small green floral motifs surrounded by gold scrolls and…
1900
Design derived from a French silk voided velvet of the…
1920
Smaller portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished…
1700
Drop repeating design
1885
Green texture print imitating damask
1890
Vertical rectangle
1830
Drop repeating design in white and gray, of two landscape…
1840
Original document for "Diamond Damask"
1820
Arabesque intermediate panel
1790
Stylized four-cornered flower with three tulip leaves on…
1906
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
Floral design with acanthus scroll medallions filled with a…
1905
All over pattern of scrolling acanthus vines
1905
On light brown ground, vertical growths of rinceaux in…
1905
Art nouveau
1906
Vertical pattern of dark green-brown bands with staggered…
1905
Vining floral scrolls and swags with metallic gold scrolls
1905
Repeating motif of scrolling medallion, printed in green…
1895
On light gray and tan vertical striped ground
1905
Floral bouquet set within scrolling foliate medallion
1905
Medallions in diagonal lines with foliate wreaths, torches…
1905
Rococo-revival scrollwork pattern in green and metallic…
1895
Foliate medallion design
1905
Staggered medallions on textured purple ground
1905
Two incomplete widths, with light gray ground, joined
1850
Two widths, sewn together, giving in complete repeating…
1675
Small four-flower bouquets connected by layers of floral…
1905
Floral sprigs in brown and blue interspersed with white…
1856
A squared off, repeating, strapwork design in green,…
1810
Realistic red roses in clusters joined by slender scrolls…
1830
On gray ground with allover white and black specks,…
1905
Striped floral medallions connected by swags and scrolls
1905
On green ground, treillage composed of C-scrolls in green…
1905
On blue ground, treillage of white and green C-scrolls…
1905
Scrollwork, heraldic shields, vases of flowers printed on…
1900
White scroll pattern forming cartouches framing green and…
1840
Between silvered vertical bands are drop repeating…
1888
Portion of a paper with large-scale chrysanthemum flowers…
1890
Gray and yellow scrollwork with vases with jewelled…
1840
Stylized carnation flowers in central column with scrolling…
1905
Blue floral sprigs and white foliate scrolls printed over…
1860
Green stripe with metallic gold scrollwork alternating with…
1905
Blue field, diapered scrollwork with sprays of flowers and…
1680
Vertical rectangle
1840
Full width, giving slightly less than one repeat of…
1890
Small seven petalled flower in bright red, each on a…
1890
Scenic medallion with group of old country houses on right…
1825
Vertical rectangle composed of pieced fragments
1765
Self colored, fawn colored paper, raised designs of flowers…
1880
Green foliate scrolls enclose grisaille scenes of two…
1850
A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf…
1843
Imitation leather
1910
Drop repeating motif
1840
Vertical striations in shades of yellow and beige, central…
1905
On green ground with vertical bands in dark green bordered…
1905
On tan ground, alternating tan floral motifs framed by…
1870
Yellow ocher quatrefoil motifs connected by white scrolling…
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
Pattern of bouquets of roses on stems, interlaced with…
1905
On tan ground, V-shaped central design composed of white…
1905
Large-scale floral medallions
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
On dark gray-blue ground, vertical stripes with staggered…
1905
On gray ground, vertical rinceaux with motifs of flowers…
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
Single drop-repeating motif
1890
Small circular floral medallions with diaper floral swag,…
1905
On speckled white-gray ground, treillage in green scrolls…
1905
Shaded wine red, baroque scrollwork, flowers on white ground
1904
A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf…
1843
Light blue, white and metallic gold floral with scrollwork…
1890
Tobacco brown ground with conventional leaf scrolls in…
1890
Vertical strip from edge of machine-printed paper, with…
1860
Fragment of leather wallcovering
1700
Neo-Renaissance pattern with vertical motif of strapwork…
1880
3 1/2 inch wide stripes spaced six inches apart with small…
1906
Damask pattern in cream and beige over gold background on…
1880
Foliate, spade-shaped medallions repeat in alternating…
1905
Floral stripe design, with acanthus scroll medallions…
1905
Bouquet of flowers in basket or urn, with acanthus scrolls…
1840
Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral…
1905
Large-scale medallions, connected by smaller feather-like…
1890
Fragment of scrollwork stripe, white satin ground
1830
Bands of vertical lines and horizontal dashes alternate…
1905
Repeating design of medallions in diagonal stripe format,…
1905
On beige textured ground, allover scrolls in shades of brown
1905
On brown textured ground, vertical bands with staggered…
1906
A scroll frame encloses the major motif, a mill pond scene…
1835
Large-scale pattern of foliate scrolls set with roses
1870
Yellow geometric fleur-de-lis motifs are in the center of a…
1905
On textured tan ground, vertical rinceaux with floral beads…
1905
All-over pattern of scrolling foliate forms
1905
Small-scale arabesque pattern with anthemion
1890
Floral medallions with rose insets and lattice detail from…
1905
Rococo-style floral design, with bouquets of white roses…
1905
Large medallions made of foliate scrolls with a bouquet of…
1905
Imitation leather
1912
Imitation leather
1920
Art nouveau-style design, with stylized tulip and foliage…
1905
Soffitt or architectural design with coffers enclosing…
1800
Border composed of a small geometric design of curved lines
1780
Pale blue crackled ground with drop-repeating scrollwork…
1890
Roses and foliate forms and scrollwork, gray and blue
1850
Drop-repeating design of tripod and bouquet of flowers,…
1780
Vertical rectangle
1795
Horizontal rectangle
1810
Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design
1788
A) Trellis-filled strapwork, with bellfowers, foliage and…
1710
Stylizzed floral and scrolling acanthus leaves
1860
Delicately drawn but dense pattern of foliate scrolls and…
1870
Scrolling, stylized floral and foliate motifs
1910
A) Top layer
1840
On gray, red, and yellow striated and textured ground,…
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Large central crimson blossom with long curving leaves,…
1906
On burgundy ground, rounded floral arabesques with petals…
1905
Imitation leather
1905
Scrolling floral medallion set within a diamond diaper…
1905
Aesthetic style design, very stylized and flat floral…
1870
Large-scale red poppies set within scrolling medallion
1900
On dark salmon ground, treillage of white rinceaux…
1907
Floral medallion design
1905
On cream-colored ground, repeating pattern of scrollwork in…
1890
Scrolling acanthus pattern, with foliage forming repeating…
1905
On green ground textured with white triangles, treillage of…
1905
Simulates damask
1880
Large stylized floral medallion
1905
Imitation leather
1875
Very fragmentary piece, scrolling architectural framework…
1850
Continuous scroll design formed by large peony flowers and…
1880
Scrolling ivy design
1850
Rococo revival
1840
On silvery gray textured ground, floral motifs with scrolls
1905
Scrolling foliate medallion enclosing squirrels perched on…
1820
Damask-style diaper pattern created by vining foliage
1875
Buff vertical stripe formed by arabesques alternating with…
1835
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
Arabesque paper with Priestess of Venus pouring libations,…
1789
Repeating design of floral arabesques and scrolls, with…
1790
Large peacock feathers hang down over drapery edged in pink…
1810
Four fragments showing incompletely a design simulating…
1860
Vertical portion of paper with scrollwork against dotted…
1855
An asymmetrical floral pattern interspersed with acanthus…
1880
Enframed clusters of flowers in drop repeating arrangement
1845
Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width
1875
Bottom central motif of a large lambrequin, suspended from…
1700
Vertical rectangle
1791
Complete width
1880
Series of diamond shaped medallions running diagonally, all…
1870
Conventionalized scrollwork vase with buds and leaves at…
1850
Arabesque design on pale yellowish ground, vases with…
1780
Arabesque with classical orange figures in landscapes,…
1790
Arabesque with 2 birds (doves?) and floral baskets…
1790
Arabesque design with floral swags and two alternating…
1780
Arabesque design
1785
Variant of a brick or ashlar block pattern, printed in…
1840
Central motif of a floral bouquet in an urn, on top of a…
1750
On textured gray ground, thin vertical bands containing…
1905
A) Floral design, marked
1905
Large-scale foliate medallions, each containing a bouquet…
1905
Large-scale floral and scroll medallions
1905
Dark rust-colored flocked stripes, increasing and…
1840
Printed thickly in blue and white on turquoise ground,…
1800
Arabesque design, putti in gold medallion with pink…
1800
Drop repeating arrangement of stylized orange, yellow…
1850
Arabesque design
1785
Simulates a two-toned Genoese velvet in a Renaissance design
1920
Vertical rectangle, with a complete width of drop-repeating…
1775
Aesthetic style
1870
Arabesque, with, at top center, a faun's head supporting a…
1775
Floral bouquets, with foliate swags and scrolls, printed in…
1821
Damask-like acanthus pattern in large scale regular ogive…
1890
On light yellow ground, scroll-like treillage containing…
1905
On dark turquoise ground, treillage composed of honeycombs…
1905
On yellow ground, anthemion motifs of cream scrolls with…
1895
Scrolling acanthus leaves, the larger of which contain…
1905
Gray and yellow scrollwork with vases with jewelled…
1840
White foliate scrolls and flowers, roughly symmetrical in…
1840
Full width of paper with diagonal squares composed of green…
1830
Bands of diaper or scale-pattern with large floral…
1905
Vertical rectangle
1810
Trompe l'oeil design of trophies consisting of a dead duck…
1840
Small repeating design of flowers and scrolls
1875
Medallion of large shallow bowl, with three feet and link…
1785
A flower in two shades of pink touched with natural colored…
1870
Asymmetrical styling with a Rococo revival-style influence
1885
One full repeat, part of another
1780
Imitation leather
1870
Gray and green irise or rainbow ground, overprinted with…
1830
On blue ground, rows of almond shapes composed of yellow…
1800
Portion of single width, giving incomplete repeating…
1675
Full width giving less than one repeat of vertically…
1885
Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper
1815
On textured paper, deep turquoise ground, and patterned…
1892
Staggered floral medallions with floral bouquet insets and…
1905
On striped ground in beige and white, with green textured…
1905
Stylized large damask pattern of green floral motifs…
1835
Staggered foliate medallions connected by thin foliate…
1905
Rococo Revival style
1850
Symmetrical design inspired from damask pattern
1905
Large individual foliate medallions set close together,…
1905
Scrolling foliage with beading and acanthus leaves
1905
Embossed armorial pattern with garland of fruit, basket of…
1880
Flocked symmetrical stylized floral bouquet enclosed in…
1875
Vertical rectangle with repeating pattern of foliate…
1825
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
1795
Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design
1785
Vertical rectangle
1845
Depicting scenes of the Crimean War
1840
Symmetrical design composed of foliage, drawn on a larger…
1920
Vase of flowers supported by leaf scrolls, ending in wheat…
1815
Imitation leather
1885
Modified rococo design of green and gold scrolls, sprays of…
1890
Alternating vertical stripes, the wider of which has…
1890
Vertical rectangle
1770
Circular medallion with a six-pointed rosette in center
1820
Aesthetic pattern with two alternating columns of motifs
1880
Two ornamental motifs, one large and one small, repeated…
1880
Arabesque on blue ground, features basket with flowers and…
1780
Central floral motif, surrounded by more flowers and…
1875
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Scrollwork enframing landscape with stag and mountains,…
1840
Diaper or trellis pattern, enclosing floral bouquets
1750
A and b are joined together
1840
Two joined widths of paper printed with a repeating design…
1835
A mandorla containing an adult robed classical figure with…
1785
Neo-Renaissance pattern with vertical motif of strapwork…
1880
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
Large-scale scrolling acanthus leaves forming central…
1875
Repeating motif of a floral bouquet in vase, atop two…
1905
Alternating large and small foral bouquets connected by…
1905
Vertical stripings (3 to a width) of symmetrical foliage…
1900
Undelineated bands of green foliage motif with blue foliate…
1905
Glossy-finished paper in browns, with scroll-work, and…
1860
Sanitary paper
1900
Rectangles and diagonal squares are placed in alternating…
1880
intermediate panel
1790
Heavy floral and scroll design of which only a portion is…
1895
Plaid Floral
1820
The Roosevelt
1905
Chesterfield
1865
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
Chinoiserie type arabesque with, at top, a pigeon perched…
1775
Vertical strip framed in three separate sections
1860
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
Arabesque, including roundel with battle trophies in…
1790
Pattern imitates elaborate marble-work, with scrolls and…
1835
Brocade design with floral motifs, including cross-hatching…
1875
In bright blue, pink, and orange, shaded with maroon,…
1835
Anglo-Japanesque design
1870
Irise or rainbow paper
1830
Irregular piece, a full width in one place, giving an…
1890
Full width
1900
A small asymmetrical design composed of scrolls and leaf…
1870
Printed in art deco style of decoration for Nancy…
1920
Imitation leather
1880
Arabesque design
1790
Floral medallions enclosed within diaper pattern formed…
1890
Framework of squares formed by conventionalized palmette…
1815
Art Nouveau/Mission Style (?)
1905
A symmetrical large-scaled design, the central motif of…
1900
Adam-Hepplewhite
1875
Simulates a damask design drawn in a large scale
1920
Vertical rectangle
1880
Vertical rectangle
1835
Design simulates a semi-circular trellis of delicate,…
1850
On light gray ground, rinceaux run down vertically and…
1825
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
Four red roses alternate with four green leaves to make up…
1905
Horizontal rectangle, roses, rosebuds, morning glories,…
1860
Vertical rectangle, on joined sheets of paper
1820
Rococo revival pattern with scrolling foliage and large…
1855
On tan ground, an irise or rainbow design of…
1820
Paper shows design of flowering stems with flying and…
1825
Seventeenth century-type flower and scrollwork motifs in…
1880
A) Vase of floral bouquet centered within a wreath of wheat
1800
Louis XVI Medallions
1875
Osborne
1850
Arabesque with lions
1790
Floral Brocade
1875
Louis XV
1910
Arabesque-style Chinoiserie
1773
Vertical rectangle
1820
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow
1840
The Quincy
1908
Floral medallion stripe pattern, featuring pink roses with…
1900
On satin or polished green ground, two columns of…
1845
A) Simulates Dutch tile
1890
Arabesque
1788
A) Panel outlined in stripes of two shades of blue and in…
1890
Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque
1785
Les Deux Pigeons
1789
La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt)
1794
Gothic Revival design with landscape vignette
1840
Arabesque with griffins
1789
Vertical stripes about 4 1/2 wide, alternating apple-green…
1805
Maidens and a Victory
1810
Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons
1785
La Cassolette
1780
Horizontal rectangle
1820
Design for wallpaper featuring rinceaux and carouches…
1830
Wallpaper design featuring bouquets of roses, strapwork,…
1830
Design for wallpaper with Roman key border, rinceaux, and…
1830
Three designs for wallpaper featuring strapwork, rinceaux,…
1830
Design for wallpaper featuring strapwork, rinceaux, and…
1830
Design for a Panel or Wallpaper (?) with an Ornamental…
1870