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Wallpaper fragment

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1885

GUSN

GUSN-103299

Description

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horsehair plaster substrate. Wallpaper is a floral and foliate pattern in blue pink, and yellow on a beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
fibrous plaster
wallpapers
plaster
horsehair
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Second Harrison Gray Otis House, 2nd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

3027

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England; Boston, Massachusetts

Dimensions

1.25" x 4 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Amos and Barbara Hostetter

Accession Number

2005.2.9AB

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Possibly

Related Items

Title 24 Accession Number 2005.2.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral
foliate

Period/Style

floral

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