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Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-103572

Description

Unused sample. Two cherubs holding a basket aloft with a goat in between, scrolling floral ground mixed with parrots. Gold on green ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
WALLPAPER

Inscription

"SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 1890" [in pencil] "10/6 yd" [in pencil] "Walter Crane" (Stamp and written)

Additional Identification Number

3300

Maker

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

Location of Origin

England (origin); Norwich, CT (use)

Dimensions

29 in x 21 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.94

Related Items

Title 2008.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1

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