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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1815

GUSN

GUSN-177679

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe pattern with flowers and foliage in vertical columns embellished with scrolls, rosettes, swags of beads, birds and anthemia. Printed in two greens, two blues, white and mauve on a green ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1212

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

23 1/8 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1969.343.2

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1969.343.1a-

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Green

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripes
swags
rosettes
bellflowers
foliage
birds
anthemion

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