Four unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Governor Badger" pattern. Wallpaper has a Neoclassical medallion pattern featuring foliate, flower and star elements. Two colorways are present: gold and brown on a beige ground (2001.281.748.1) and yellow and orange on a dark blue ground (2001.281.748.2, .3, and .4). Pattern was reproduced by both Katzenbach and Warren and Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Paper is based on a fragment from the Governor Badger House, Belmont, New Hampshire. Original paper was block printed from 1815-1830 and was either American or French.
2001.281.748.1: 22 1/4 in. x 31 3/4 in. (H x W); 2001.281.748.2: 47 1/4 in. x 17 3/4 in. (H x W); 2001.281.748.3: 40 3/4 in. x 17 3/4 in. (H x W); 2001.281.748.4: 18 in. x 17 3/4 in. (H x W)