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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-178661

Description

Floral border printed in three pinks, four greens, and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Quincy Homestead, 2nd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

771

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

19 1/8 x 3 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Dorothy Quincy Homestead

Accession Number

1965.12.2B

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England", p. 207, fig 53.1

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1965.12b
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1965.12.2

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Flocked

Form

Wall Fragment

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

flowers

Period/Style

Naturalistic

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