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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-178539

Description

Fragments. Landscape figure printed in grisaille. Two men dressed in belted white tunic and wearing turbans, crouched behind a knoll firing rifles. Does not appear to be a hunting scene.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

247

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

7 1/4 x 8 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charlotte Nichols Greene

Accession Number

1915.24A-C

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Battle, war

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Rifle
turban

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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