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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1796-1797

GUSN

GUSN-177659

Description

Wallpaper fragment. No pattern visible except for white, pin strips on a grey ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

1182

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 7/8 x 2 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1969.338.1

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1969.338.2

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

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