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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1810

GUSN

GUSN-177926

Description

Fragment. Interlocking squares printed in black and white on grey ground. Block height 10 5/8", selvedge in center of sample.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Ebenezer Clough House, 3rd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

836

Maker

Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

28 1/8 x 23 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1965.6.1

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 87, fig. 19.1.

Date

1800-1810 (1808-1816, working dates of probable manufacturer)

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1965.6.1-.7

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

interlocking squares

Period/Style

Geometric

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