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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-176685

Description

Fragment. Acorn and leaf wallpaper. Printed in gray and maroon on white polished ground. Straight match.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Wiswall-Blackman House,

Additional Identification Number

351

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

22 3/8 x 17 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1920.327A

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 151

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1921.182
Title Accession Number 1920.326

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Foliate
acorn
oak leaf

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