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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1855-1865

GUSN

GUSN-176721

Description

Fragment of striped wallpaper. Pattern consists of alternating stripes of ogees, circles and four-petaled flowers with stripe of stylized palm and sprig leaf. Printed in brown, tan and green on buff ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

395

Additional Identification Number

552

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 19 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1930.1621

Date

1855-1865 (1864 date of newspaper on back)

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Cream

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stripe
palm
ogee
circle

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