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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1896

GUSN

GUSN-177275

Description

Unused sample with attached frieze. Leafy fleur-de-lis with C-scrolls, alternate with smaller three lobed foliate form. Three greens and yellow on a grey ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

1581

Associated Building

287 Highland Avenue, Kitchen

Additional Identification Number

1731

Maker

W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

17 7/8 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Louisa White

Accession Number

1975.239

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England; pp. 258-9

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1975.239B

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

C-scrolls
fleur-de-lis
foliage

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