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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1815

GUSN

GUSN-176835

Description

Fragment. Vine and stripe. Wide stripe of undulating vine in varnish green with blue flowers alternating with narrow stripe of blue flower chain on a sky blue ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Parlor

Additional Identification Number

460

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

30 5/8 x 18 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1923.6

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 82, fig 17.2.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1923.6B

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Laid
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stripe
vine
flower chain

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