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Used wallpaper fragments. Large figured scenic paper. Two alternating scenes of a church ruin and an urn on columns are separated by Gothic arches. Prints in grey, black, white on yellow ground. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
858
Unknown
England
55 x 27 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Woodbury Langdon
1966.2138A
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 55; Fig. 6.2
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.2138B
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Gothic arch
columns
church ruin
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