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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1896

GUSN

GUSN-177284

Description

Matching unused wallpaper frieze sample attached to paper. Swags of ribbon and foliate vines, festoons of rose vines, pin dots and vertical ribbon and foliate forms. Printed in two pinks, two greens, yellow, silver mica on a cream ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

816C

Associated Building

287 Highland Avenue, Bedroom

Additional Identification Number

1738

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

18 1/2 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Louisa White

Accession Number

1975.242B

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 258-9

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1975.242A

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Cream

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Frieze

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

ribbon
roses
acanthus leaves
pin dots and stripes

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