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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1820-1825

GUSN

GUSN-177726

Description

Two wallpaper fragments. Border of swagged window-paned, checked drapery in chartruse with a garland of pink daisies and tan cable trim along the bottom edge. Printed on a blue, diapered field.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Fowler House Main House,

Additional Identification Number

386

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 18 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Clara Sanborn

Accession Number

1922.16

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 187, fig 46.6 Nouvel, Wallpaper of France, p. 101, fig 423.

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1911.98
Title Accession Number 1922.15
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.98
Title Wallpaper border fragment Accession Number 1911.97
Title Wallpaper fragment Accession Number 2013.34.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Daisies
garland
cable
diaper pattern

Period/Style

Drapery

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