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Wallpaper border

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1831

GUSN

GUSN-178712

Description

Unused sample of French Zuber border. Grey foliate vine intertwined with golden vine which has regularly spaced groups of three leaves on a rust flocked ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

449

Maker

Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

24 1/4 x 11 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence Park

Accession Number

1923.535

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England"; p. 109, fig 20, p. 102.

Places

France

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Flocked

Form

Unused

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Vine
laurel

Period/Style

Neoclassical

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