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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-177011

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Background field has an allover pattern of small ovals with a rose bush. Edged by a vertical column of a vine with leaves and a band of rose bunches separated by a rectangular cell of colored dots. Printed in pink, red, two greens and white on a natural ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

983

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

10 3/8 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles R. Strickland

Accession Number

1967.193.1

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1967.193.2
Title Accession Number 1967.193.3
Title Accession Number 1967.193.4
Title Accession Number 1967.193.5

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Tan

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

roses
ovals
dots
vine

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