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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-178136

Description

Sprigs with globes surrounded by vertical dashes. Black white, grey printed on grey ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Ironworks House, Sitting Room

Additional Identification Number

1494

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

18 1/4 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1971.187.1

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 57-8, fig 8.3.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1971.187.2
Title Accession Number 1971.187.3
Title Accession Number 1971.187.4
Title Accession Number 1965.11A
Title Accession Number 1970.6
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.315AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

sprigs
dashes

Period/Style

Sprig

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