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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1940-1970

GUSN

GUSN-179199

Description

Three unused rolls. Drapery design with swags, beads, cord and tassels. End of roll. Prints in white, pink, red, grey on pink ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Pattern

Draperie Victoria

Pattern No.

241

Additional Identification Number

3369

People and Organizations

Nancy McClelland

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

22 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.143

Reference Notes

Mauny catalog #241 'Draperie Victoria' Heinrich Olligs, "Tapetan: Ihre Geschichte bix zur Gegenvart," p. 324 "Wallpapers for Historic Buildings," p. 104

Places

France

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

drapery
beads
cord
tassel

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