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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1915-1935

GUSN

GUSN-178497

Description

Two partial rolls of wallpaper. Diagonal rows of repeating, stylized flower blossoms and leaves. Printed in vertical stripes of blended pink and grey in imitation of rainbow paper. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Inscription

Reproduction - Dorothy Whitfield Society of Guilford, Conn. (handwritten on verso: "Reproduction-Dorothy Whitfield Society of Guilford, Conn.")

Additional Identification Number

593
1935.1555b

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

19 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Dorothy Whitfield Society

Accession Number

1935.1555.1-.2

Places

Guilford (New Haven county, Connecticut)
United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Repro

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

flower
leaves

Period/Style

Rainbow

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