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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1810

GUSN

GUSN-178442

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Allover repeat of rosettes connected by stylized ribbon and enclosing tri-lobed foliate design to create a hexagonal grid. Printed in red and white on ochre ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Blanchard-Wellington House, 2nd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

1102

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

23 1/2 x 5 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1968.73

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Ochre

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

rosette
ribbon
hexagon

Period/Style

Geometric

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