Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Yankee Wallpapers (20th Century)

Anonymous American Designer
Grassy Landscape
1903
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum


Anonymous American Designer
Poppies
ca. 1905-1910
machine-printed wallpaper frieze
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Stylized Blossoms
ca. 1910
screenprinted and stenciled wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Harlequins Smoking
ca. 1920-30
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Greek Key
ca. 1929-30
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Rope Patterns
ca. 1929-32
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Scroll Flag
1936
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Flowers in Squares
ca. 1940
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Floral Repeat
ca. 1940-50
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Lilac
ca. 1945-47
machine-printed wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Thistle Heads
ca. 1950-55
screenprinted wallpaper (simulating resist-dyed textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Consulate
1951
screenprinted wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer for Scalamandré
Kitchen Equipment
ca. 1955
machine-printed wallpaper border
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer for Scalamandré
Tulips
ca. 1955
machine-printed wallpaper border
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Fantasy
1967
screenprinted vinyl wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Undulating Ovals
1972
screenprinted wallpaper frieze
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous American Designer
Children Playing
1992
screenprinted vinyl wallpaper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The half-moon westers low, my love,
    And the wind brings up the rain;
And wide apart lie we, my love,
    And seas between the twain.

I know not if it rains, my love,
    In the land where you do lie;
And oh, so sound you sleep, my love,
    You know no more than I.

– A.E. Housman (1922)