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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-179083

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Vignette of a woman seated with flower basket. Printed in grey, taupe, black, white and three greens on a pale green ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Fowler House Main House, Parlor

Additional Identification Number

381

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

14 1/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Clara Sanborn

Accession Number

1922.13A

Reference Notes

Photographed by Frank Cousins in 1911 and illustrated in "Wallpaper in New England," p. 186, fig 46.A and "Wallpaper in America," Lynn, p. 281, fig. 12.11.

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1966.135
Title Accession Number 1922.13B
Title Accession Number 2000.1665
Title Accession Number 1911.107
Title Accession Number 90-11
Title Fireboard Accession Number 1966.136

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Green

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Flower basket
roses
garden

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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