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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1820-1825

GUSN

GUSN-178961

Description

Fragments. Geometric design. Checked squares alternating with squares framing four anthemia. Printed in red on yellow ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Pickering House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

767

Maker

Grant, Charles (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

11 x 3 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Pickering

Accession Number

1965.11B

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England; p. 88, fig. 19.5

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1965.5.4
Title Accession Number 1965.11A

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Yellow

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined Sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Anthemion
square

Period/Style

Geometric

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