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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-178488

Description

Wallpaper fragment with zig-zag stripe pattern consisting of parallel red lines and red six-and five-petalled flowers with yellow vines. Printed over circular red, white and pink medallions. Straight match.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Swain-Harrison House (Branford, Conn.),

Additional Identification Number

618

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

24 7/8 x 18 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1942.1163

Reference Notes

Old-Time New England, vol. XXXII, no. 3, Jan. 1942. Wallpaper in New England, p. 135, 1986.

Places

Possibly France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1942.1162
Title Accession Number 1942.1164

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Flowers
stripe

Period/Style

Floral stripe

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