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1945-1950
GUSN-177589
Unused wallpaper roll. Pattern composed of rosette and swans flanking a lyre set within stencilled squares. Printed in white and grey on ochre ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Stencil Square
Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.), Sitting Room
647
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
United States
22 (W) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1950.600
"Wallpapers in New England," pg. 133, fig. 30.1 (original pattern). "Wallpapers for Historic Buildings," pg. 69 (Schumacher reproduction). "The Practical Book of American Wallpaper," p. 90-91.
1945-1950 (paper installed 1950)
United States
Title Accession Number 1924.655
Machine Printed
Roll
Ochre
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stencilling
square
medallion
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