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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1920-1970

GUSN

GUSN-179192

Description

Two unused rolls. (Second roll dimensions: 24 3/4 width; 21 3/8 printed width; 21 5/8 repeat height) Pattern composed of vignette of two parrots seated in lattice work fence near arbor; overlooking garden with balustrade; and over-scaled, long-stem rose rises ot the right. "C" is printed on white wove paper. Prints in two greens, beige, grey, red, pink, three browns, lavender on light blue ground. End of roll - Pin holes are visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern

Reveillond

Pattern No.

228

Additional Identification Number

3363

People and Organizations

Nancy McClelland

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)
Caillard, Robert

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

25 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.138

Reference Notes

Mauny Catalog #228 "Reveillond" "Wallpapers for Historic Buildings" p. 60 "Interior Design," November 1959

Places

France

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1999.139
Title Accession Number 1999.14

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

floral
urn
rose
arbor
balustrade
parrot
lattice work

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