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Fifteen panels of Pillar and Arch pattern wallpaper. Columns with Corinthian capitals supporting an arch, which in turn supports a bust and is draped by garlands. Ashlar pattern framing arch. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Original To Capt. Timothy Johnson House (North Andover, Mass.), Parlor
521
Unknown
England
77 1/4 x 22 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
1926.960.1.1-.15
"Wallpaper in New England," p. 50, fig. 4.2
1760-1770 (house built in 1725)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.110AB
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Joined Sheets
Paper
pillar
Corinthian column
bust
garland
Ashlar blocks
Neoclassical
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