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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1825-1840

GUSN

GUSN-179062

Description

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Fowler House Main House, Dining Room

Additional Identification Number

217

Maker

Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

15 11/16 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Sarah Putnam Fowler

Accession Number

1911.82

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 101, #18 (34.2); pg. 108, plate 18; pg. 142; pg. 187, fig. 46-b, #2

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1934.294
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1922.17
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.83
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.84
Title Wallpaper fragment Accession Number 2013.33.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

pomegranate

Period/Style

Rainbow

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