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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-176923

Description

Large, beige flowers accented with metallic gold alternating with a floral vine against a mauve strapwork stripe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

2033

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

19 1/8 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse

Accession Number

1985.11

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England," plate 23, pg. 167-168.

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1985.12

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

Unused

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral vine
stripe
flower bud

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