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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1845-1850

GUSN

GUSN-178470

Description

Unused sample. Gothic paper. View of gothic arches, pulpit and pier figures intact. Printed in five shades of brown, tan, beige and orange with irise background. Drop repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern

Abbage de Jumieges

Additional Identification Number

311

Maker

Leroy, Isidore

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

15 x 14 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1919.264

Reference Notes

Nouvel, p. 50, fig 117 Papiers Peints 1800-1875, p. 10, fig 71 (our sample reversed from both of these illustrations)

Date

1845-1850 (1845 - creation of original design)

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1915.118

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Tracery
quatrefoil
pointed arch
vault
pier figures
pulpit

Period/Style

Gothic Revival

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