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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-177696

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Floral vine and stripe pattern with a vine framed by short, horizontal lines and dots, vertical chains of openwork frame a stripe. Printed in red, green and blue-grey on a white ground. Third and outermost layer on same side of board partition as .4 and .5. Wall was lathed and plastered over this paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 3rd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

1207

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

30 3/4 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1969.342.6

Reference Notes

Creamer 645. In Appleton's scrapbook this paper was #3-B, p. 87

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1969.342.7

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral vine
stripe
stylized leaves
horizontal lines
dots

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