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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1820

GUSN

GUSN-179293

Description

Striped pattern with roses in the narrow stripe and columns of pindot flowers and horizontal pinstripes in the wide area. Paper is very faded. Printed in white and olive on a faded pink ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Griswold Homested, 3rd Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

1684

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

35 3/8 x 38 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1973.107

Date

1815-1820 (House built in 1818)

Places

United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wallpaper

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripes
pindots
roses

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