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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1915-1935

GUSN

GUSN-178492

Description

Wallpaper printed with allover floral design. Rainbow pattern begins with dark blue gradually becoming green to light green to yellow green. Straight match. Handblocked in 1830s style.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

595
1935.1557c

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

24 1/4 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Dorothy Whitfield Society

Accession Number

1935.1557.3

Reference Notes

See Lynn, "Wallpaper in America," p. 248, color pl. 56, for another sample of same design.

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Floral

Period/Style

Rainbow

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