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Unused roll. Grisaille recumbent male and female figures (one playing a flute, the other reading music). Figures are separated by a dracontine embellished with arabesques. Panels are flanked by grisaille imitation plasterwork. Printed in three greys, five blues, red, orange, yellow, two pinks, tan, brown, and white.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
265
Unknown
Holland
9 1/4 (W) (inches)
1917.152
Holland (Netherlands) [historical region]
Title Accession Number 1917.15
Title Accession Number 1917.153
Title Accession Number
Block Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Handmade
Border
music, mythology, ancient Greece
Laid
Paper
sheet music
flute
figure
arabesque
dracontine
Neoclassical
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