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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-177489

Description

Partial rolls. Landscape figure design of vignettes of four maidens in neoclassical dress, playing Blind-Man's Bluff. Scene alternates with vignette of a lamb lying next to a pedestal supporting an urn filled with flowers. Printed in grisaille.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern

Colin Maillard

Pattern No.

2425

Associated Building

Sampson Gifford House (Duxbury, Mass.), Front Hall

Additional Identification Number

3714

Maker

Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)
Maillard, Colin

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

23 1/4 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Rosamond Gifford

Accession Number

2000.46

Places

France

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Grey

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

leisure, recreation, pet ownership, games

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

grapes
maidens
dog
lamb
Blind-Man's Bluff

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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