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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1760-1780

GUSN

GUSN-178396

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Pastoral landscape of sheep and flowering tree boughs. Printed in black, blue and white on pink ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

3842

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 x 9 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2000.642

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Pastoral

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Sheep
bough
blossom

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