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Wallpaper Border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1845-1855

GUSN

GUSN-177307

Description

Border fragment. Metallic gold scrolls alternating with pink and black leaves and berries on a red, flocked ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.), Parlor

Additional Identification Number

1776

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 10 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.585.3A

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1977.585.1-
Title Wallpaper Fragments Accession Number 1977.585.2AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Flocked

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Red

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

berries
leaves
scrolls

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