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Wallpaper fragment. This Renaissance Revival paper has a striped pattern with stacked colonnettes. The strapwork in between the colonnettes is referred to as 'ferronerie' for its resemblance to French Renaissance ironwork. Printed in tan, two blues, two browns, and cream on a white, satin ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Associated With Stetson House Main House, Front Hall
892
Unknown
56 1/2 x 49 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1967.121.2b
"Wallpaper in New England," pgs. 176-177, fig. 42.3
Title Accession Number 1950.597
Title Accession Number 1967.121.2
Title Accession Number 1963.91A
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
White
Original
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
ferronerie
stacked colonnettes
Renaissance Revival
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