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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1815

GUSN

GUSN-176849

Description

Wallpaper fragments. Paper has all-over stylized palmette, floral and scroll design. Block printed in white on a green ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper

Pattern

Enoch Frye

Associated Building

Original To Enoch Frye House,

Additional Identification Number

403

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

7 5/8 x 19 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1922.391

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.187.3
Title Accession Number 1940.41
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.738.1-.3
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.861

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Green

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stylized palmettes
scrolls
flowers and leaves

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