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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-178535

Description

Fragment of scenery figure paper depicting man with two shepherdesses; small group of sheep at top left corner. Pattern prints all in two browns, tan, two greens, white on a light green ground. Drop repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Daniel Kimball House, Front Hall

Additional Identification Number

248

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

24 x 19-3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1915.49

Places

France

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Green

Type

Machine Made

Use

Courtship, pastoral

Decor Motif

Sheep
shepherdesses
scrolls
puti.

Period/Style

Rococo Revival

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