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Collection Type

Wallpaper

Date

1933-1980

GUSN

GUSN-179195

Description

Two unused rolls. Drapery swag edged with cable, bead and dentil strips. Sprig diapered ground. End of roll -- Pin holes are visible. Printed in three greens, grey, green flock, metallic gold on beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"RC a Paris / Made in France" (Manufacturer)
"8 1/2" (handwritten on slap and verso)
"3306 3524" (retailer's stamp)
"Made in France for / Nancy McClelland, Inc." (stamped)
"80.102.96B(A-E)" (F.I.T. Accession Number)

Pattern

Frise Panier

Pattern No.

629

Additional Identification Number

3361

People and Organizations

Nancy McClelland

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)
Caillard, Robert

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

24 7/8 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.135AB

Reference Notes

Mauny catalog #629 Frise Panier (see 285 'Semis Pilastre'). Catalog from 1980s.

Places

France

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Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Freize

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

drapery swag
bead
cable
dentil sprig
diaper

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