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This pastoral pattern depicts three vignettes that relate to prints and copperplate textiles of the period. The vignettes are lined up vertically. There is the couple with the rake, the standing shepherd with the seated woman and seated shepherd with a woman holding a basket of fruit. Each scene is separated with ovals and swags. Printed in black on a white ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
2901
Unknown
United States
72 5/8 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
1985.691A
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 62 and 64
United States
Title Accession Number 1985.691b
Title Accession Number 1930.1624
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
White
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
ovals
swags
couple with rakes
shepherds
women
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