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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1810

GUSN

GUSN-176692

Description

Wallpaper fragment from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block and white chaining on blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Stephen Robbins House,

Additional Identification Number

1519

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

19 1/4 x 13 13/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1971.2

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England; rear cover, fig. 18.1, p. 86

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1973.115.1
Title Accession Number 1917.1583
Title Accession Number 1971.187.2
Title Accession Number 1967.17
Title Accession Number 1929.884
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.316AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

three-dimensional block
chaining
paving pattern

Period/Style

Geometric

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