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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-179102

Description

Wallpaper fragments. Allover dense floral and foliate pattern. Printed in blue, white, grey, mustard on a light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

1397

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

14 7/8 x 12 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1010A-C

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

overlapping foliage

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