Wallpaper fragments plus one unused sample. Damask floral pattern is printed in black and metallic gold on a reverse printed blue field which appears to imitate cording or fabric.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
2 1466D
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.), Dining Room
1781
Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)
United States
28 1/2 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.586.3A-E
"Wallpaper in New England", p. 255, fig. 74.3
1890-1900 (1900 - year Wheelers purchased house)
United States
Title Accession Number 1977.586.1-
Title Accession Number
Machine Printed
Unused
Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
damask
floral
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