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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-178566

Description

Fragments. Drapery pattern. Two browns on tan ground with ivory highlights on folds and horizontal grisaille bands of anthemia.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Pickman House, 1st Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

1388
1970.496.3

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

29 x 4 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Philip Budrose

Accession Number

1970.496.3AB

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 115, see fig. 25 (p. 117) for illustration of same pattern; Olligs, vol. I, 231-325.

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 2000.241
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1970.496.1.1AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1970.496.1.2AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1970.496.2.1AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1970.496.2.2A-C
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.241

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Tan

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

drapery
imitation textile
anthemion

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