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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1820

GUSN

GUSN-176990

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure. Woman under a rose trellis playing with a dog. Scene is framed by serpentine ribbons. Printed in two pinks, varnish green and white on blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

961

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

18 3/4 x 20 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles R. Strickland

Accession Number

1967.179

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

roses
peacock feather
ribbon
trellis
dog

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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