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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1923

GUSN

GUSN-178508

Description

Cut sample of reproduction diapered and vine stripe paper. Grey-blue ground with pattern printing in white. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Associated With John Hicks House, Bedroom

Additional Identification Number

442

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

26 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Esther Stevens Fraser

Accession Number

1923.313

Reference Notes

Old-Time New England, vol. XXII, no. 3, Jan. 1932. Article appears on pg. 99. Possible ref. on pg. 111 - 2nd paragraph 1st column. Photos appear in SPNEA folder, "Mass., Cambridge: Hicks House" dated 1928 & 1931 - in situ photos(?). Wallpaper in New Engl

Date

1923 (Original date c. 1800)

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

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Title Accession Number 90-28
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Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.495AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.136.3

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Blue

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

leaf
vine
diaper pattern

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