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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1795-1815

GUSN

GUSN-177300

Description

Fragment. Vine and stripe, meandering floral vine in varnish green and black, alternating with scalloped vertical stripe. Printed in grey on beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Philip Call House,

Additional Identification Number

2898

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 10 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

1985.689AB

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 81-82 for discussion of this pattern type

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1985.32.2
Title Accession Number 1976.405
Title Accession Number 1923.574
Title Accession Number 1965.6.2
Title Accession Number 1971.19
Title Accession Number 1966.188

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

vine
flowers
stripe

Period/Style

Stripe

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