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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-178387

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Grisaille ashlar blocks or coffers with egg and dart and bead and reel edges alternating with a panel of a continuous stylized berried vine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

3812

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

18 x 2 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2000.624

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Egg and dart
bead and reel
coffer
vine

Period/Style

Ashlar block

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