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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1815

GUSN

GUSN-179040

Description

Fragment of landscape figure wallpaper. Image shows classically-dressed female down on left knee with arms outstretched in front of balustrade, flanked by stripes of roses. Printed in two browns, tan, white on light tan ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

622

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

9 1/8 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Marion Clifford Duncan McGann

Accession Number

1942.558

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Tan

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Roses
female in classic dress
balustrade

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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