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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1885-1895

GUSN

GUSN-177227

Description

Unused wallpaper sample. Baroque armorial pattern with foliage, strapwork, fruit and basket of flowers. Printed in three blues, brown, taupe and beige on a blue ground. Embossed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

1998

People and Organizations

A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

58 3/8 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.

Accession Number

1981.99.1

Reference Notes

Nylander, "Elegant late nineteenth-century wallpaper," Antiques Magazine, Aug. 1982, pl. V.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1981.99.2
Title Accession Number 1961.341

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Embossed

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

strapwork
foliage
fruit
coat-of-arms
ribbon
basket of flowers

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