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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-178902

Description

Fragment. Organic/abstract stripe. Lobed elements in black and pink attached to a vertical black line outlined by white feathering lines and enclosed within scalloped border edged in spikes. Printed on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Kimball-Grow House,

Additional Identification Number

399

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

8 x 18 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of J.H. Marble

Accession Number

1922.306

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1979.89.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Lobes
spikes
stripe

Period/Style

Stripe

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