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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1945-1950

GUSN

GUSN-177448

Description

Cut sample of landscape figure wallpaper with white diapered patterning. Scenery stripe alternates with floral stripe. Scene depicting woman churning butter alternates with small, floral bouquet. Printed in yellow, light orange, green, white, and black on beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Hathaway-Cushing-Millay House Main House,

Additional Identification Number

3108

People and Organizations

E.J. Hickey & Co.

Maker

Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

21 1/4 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1987.361

Reference Notes

see Strahan "Album of Colonial Reproductions," 1938 and 1948 editions

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

domestic life, colonial

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral
diaper ground
butterchurn

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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