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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1811-1817

GUSN

GUSN-176983

Description

Fragment. Drapery and bamboo. Corded drapery in red and white flanking blue bamboo pole with tulips and foliage on light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Witch House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1006

Maker

Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

18 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles R. Strickland

Accession Number

1967.210

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 112. See fig. 23.2 for illustration of pattern.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1967.184
Title Accession Number 1966.462b
Title Accession Number 1967.166
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Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.416
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.168
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.166.1.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.462B

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

drapery
bamboo
cording
tulip

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