Pillar and Arch wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns, on which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch, and three figures in classical garb are placed under a canopy within the arch. Printed in white and black on a grey ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Elmwood, Front Hall
730
Possibly Appleton Prentiss
United States
143 1/2 (W) (inches)
1963.91A
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 65-66, fig. 11-2
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1963.91B
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1963.91B
Block Printed
Wallpaper
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
putti
garlands
columns
cartouches
flags
shields
seated woman
canopy
Pillar and Arch
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