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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-177852

Description

Wallpaper fragment from the General Samuel McClellan House, South Woodstock, Connecticut. Red and pink flowers with green foliage surrounded by grey Rococo scrolls on polished white ground. Straight match.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To General Samuel McClellan House,

Additional Identification Number

1247

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

22 1/2 x 32 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1969.575.2

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 174, fig. 41.1.

Places

Possibly France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1969.575.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1050
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1969.575.2b
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1969.575.2a

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

C-scrolls
flowers
gold stipling around the flowers

Period/Style

Rococo Revival

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