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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1945-1950

GUSN

GUSN-177421

Description

Cut sample of Chinoiserie-style wallpaper. Pattern of pagodas, flowering branches, and bridges. Printed in pink, white, black on beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Pattern

The Canton

Pattern No.

5550

Associated Building

Original To Hathaway-Cushing-Millay House Main House,

Additional Identification Number

3109

People and Organizations

E.J. Hickey & Co.

Maker

Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

18 5/8 x 22 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1987.362

Reference Notes

"Album of Colonial Reproductions", Thomas Strahan Company, 1938 and 1948

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1987.129a
Title Accession Number 1987.128a

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

China trade

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

pagoda
flowering branches

Period/Style

Chinoiserie

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