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Wallpaper Border

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1810

GUSN

GUSN-176700

Description

Unused wallpaper border sample. Grisaille ribbon and bow with green ruffles on a light blue ground with orange edges. Fragment (A) is a wall fragment. Fragments (B) and (C) are unused and uncut samples of the same border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Stephen Robbins House,

Additional Identification Number

286

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 9 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1917.51A-C

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.1583
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.1583B
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.412
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.412
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.468.2A-E
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.1670AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Ribbon
bow

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