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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1820-1830

GUSN

GUSN-178668

Description

Fragment. Vertical stripes with small blue 'x's framed by diaper pattern and alternating with stripes of stylized eliptical vine enclosing leaf. Blue flower at intersection on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Capt. Timothy Johnson House (North Andover, Mass.), Bedroom

Additional Identification Number

792

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

16 1/2 x 21 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Center Realty Trust

Accession Number

1965.174C

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 139-40, note #3; fig 33.1. Photo of similar pattern.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1965.174A
Title Accession Number 1964.174B
Title Accession Number 1965.174D
Title Accession Number 1965.174E
Title Accession Number 1965.174F
Title Accession Number 1965.174G
Title Accession Number 1965.174H
Title Accession Number 1965.174.I
Title Accession Number 1965.174I
Title Accession Number 1973.193

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripe
vine
diaper pattern
X's

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