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Wallpaper Border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1795-1810

GUSN

GUSN-179296

Description

Wallpaper border. Narrow floral ribbon design. Printed in bright green, pink, white, blue, yellow and varnish green on a light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

408

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

2 x 53 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mabel Lord Gardner

Accession Number

1922.426B

Reference Notes

"Wallpaper in New England," fig. 20-2, pgs. 89-90

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1922.426
Title Accession Number 1966.411b
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.507.2A-E
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.508

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wallpaper

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

ribbon
flowers
beads

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