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Leather Wallcovering Fragment

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1700-1900

GUSN

GUSN-103571

Description

Leather wallcovering fragment. Small rectangular piece of embossed leather wallcovering with a baroque scroll design. Embossed gold background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

"SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / Leather / Cordova Leather / Spanish, 17th or 18th centuries / 140.5" (Stamp and written)

Additional Identification Number

3299

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Possibly Spain (origin); Norwich, CT (use)

Dimensions

3 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.93

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