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Wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch and three figures in classical garb are under a canopy within the arch. Yellow ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Arch
Original To Stephen Robbins House,
866
Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)
United States
55 1/8 x 22 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1966.488
"Wallpaper in America," pg. 84, fig. 33-20 "Wallpaper in New England," fig. 11.3 & 11-b, pgs. 64-67
United States
Title Wallpaper sequence Accession Number 1984.479
Title Accession Number 1963.91
Title Accession Number 1966.135
Title Accession Number 1967.121.1
Title Accession Number E-46
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.121.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.420A
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.419
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
putti
swags
arches
canopy
shields
flags
trumpets
columns
three classical figures
Pillar and Arch
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