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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1860-1863

GUSN

GUSN-177175

Description

Unused roll. Striped pattern with thick and narrow stripes embellished with trailing vines and geometric and foliate motifs. Roller-printed in lavender and light green with gilt on white ground and embossed with parallel, wavey lines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.), Drawing Room

Additional Identification Number

1219

People and Organizations

L. Marcotte & Co.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

19 7/8 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3619

Reference Notes

Creamer sample book, nos. 42, 51. "Wallpaper in New England," pl. 34, pg. 161, 156, 203.

Date

1860-1863 (paper installed 1863)

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1918.397
Title Accession Number E-59

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Embossed

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripes
vine

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