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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-176977

Description

Fragment. Landscape figure paper with a man on horseback with a musket, probably a rabbit hunter. His prey (the rabbit) is in a small vignette of its own above. Background field of allover stylized flowers. Printed in orange and black on a neutral ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

965

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

11 x 15 15/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles R. Strickland

Accession Number

1967.183

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1967.173
Title Accession Number 1921.365

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

framing foliage
man on horseback with musket
stylized flowers
sprigs
rabbit

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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