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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1897

GUSN

GUSN-103550

Description

Unused wallpaper sample. Stylized lilies with long stems over a large bubble of small circles. Printed in pink, yellow and two greens on a deep red ground. British paper named "Day Lily" designed by Walter Crane and printed by Jeffrey & Co.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Inscription

"SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 1890 / English"
[in pencil] "Designed by W. Crane / 40193 / 8 yd" (Stamp and written)

Pattern

Day Lily

Additional Identification Number

3278

Maker

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)
Jeffrey & Co (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

London, England (origin); Norwich, CT (use); London, England

Dimensions

26 3/4 in x 22 1/4 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.72

Places

England (United Kingdom) [country]
England

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