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Wallpaper fragment. Mid-nineteenth century marble paper. Pattern consists of trompe l'oeil marble in rectangular cells framed by chevrons or zig-zag lines. Between each rectangle are bellflowers and rosettes. Printed in grey, black and white on a grey ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Front Hall
1576
Unknown
United States
11 x 8 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1971.22
1835-1845 (1840 according to inscription)
United States
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
trompe l'oeil
cut marble
chevrons
bellflowers
rosettes
Masonry
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