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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-178494

Description

Wallpaper fragment [a] with attached border [b]. Black wave scrolls on white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

1419

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

10 1/4 x 12 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Dorothy Whitfield Society

Accession Number

1971.151A

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1971.151B

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

wave scroll

Period/Style

Geometric

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