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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1815

GUSN

GUSN-176844

Description

Fragment. Border. Blue palmette border with black triangular drop accented by pink horizontal band and repeating arch on light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Parlor

Additional Identification Number

461

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

2 x 30 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1923.6B

Reference Notes

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

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1923.6
Title Accession Number 1971.61.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Palmette
triangle

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