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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1796-1815

GUSN

GUSN-178973

Description

Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of foliate ellipses framing wheat. Printed in white on cinnamon ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Dole-Little House (Newbury, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1762

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1976.405

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, p. 81, fig. 17.1

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1923.574
Title Accession Number 1965.6.2
Title Accession Number 1971.19
Title Accession Number 1966.188

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Cinnamon

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

ellipse
wheat

Period/Style

Stripe

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