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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-178549

Description

Nursery paper depicting nursery rhyme (4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie). Printed in two greens, blue, yellow, orange, white, and tan on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat?

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

313

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

25 5/8 x 22 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1919.269

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Nursery rhyme

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Jester
king
pie
black birds
lute

Period/Style

Nursery

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