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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1785-1795

GUSN

GUSN-178659

Description

Wallpaper fragments. Floral sprays in blue and pink on a blue ground with pin dots.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Quincy Homestead, 2nd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

768

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 10 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Dorothy Quincy Homestead

Accession Number

1965.12.1A

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 207.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1965.12.2
Title Accession Number 1965.12.1B

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

flowers
pin dots

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