Wallpaper fragment. Design of a round-headed arch supported by two columns. The niche within the arch is filled with two birds and a woman leaning on a balustrade in front of a domed temple. Printed in brown, white, and black on a grey ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Front Hall
1572
Unknown
England
79 1/2 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
1971.2192
"Wallpaper in New England," fig. 4.1, pgs. 48-49
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number 1967.28
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Pillar and Arch
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