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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1860-1865

GUSN

GUSN-176875

Description

Fragment. Floral Rococo design. Bouquets of roses, lily-of-the-valley and bachelor buttons framed by brown C-scrolls. Printed in two browns, tan, two blues, black, three greens and three pinks on white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Paul Paddock House, Parlor

Additional Identification Number

353

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

28 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1920.470

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 110, fig. 25.

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

C-scrolls
Flower Bouquet
Roses
Bachelor Buttons
Lilies of the Valley

Period/Style

Rococo

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