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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-176978

Description

Scenic figure and stripe wallpaper fragment. Vertically alternating vignettes of mounted huntsman and hare, bordered on right by cone sprouting floral sprigs. Printed in black and orange on white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

953

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

24 1/8 x 20 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles R. Strickland

Accession Number

1967.173

Reference Notes

Is this illustrated in McClelland?

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1921.365
Title Accession Number 1967.183

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Orange

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

hunting, leisure

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

hunstman
horse
rabbit
cone
scenic figure

Period/Style

Scenery Figure

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