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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1923

GUSN

GUSN-179113

Description

Unused sample. Single sheet of reproduction wallpaper with entwined flowering vine with dotted serpentine stripe and dotted circles with scrolled edges. Cream on unground or plain varnished paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

John Hicks House,

Additional Identification Number

3194

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

25 1/2 x 20 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1990.606

Reference Notes

see illustration in "Wallpaper in New England", p. 271, view of John Hicks House, Cambridge, MA

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1923.1
Title Accession Number 1972.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.111A-C

Wallpaper Details

Design Technique

Stenciled

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral vine
stripe

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