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One panel of a the scenic paper "El Dorado." The central focus is the swans on the lake protected by trees with a mountain in the background. Very colorful peacock feathers are in the foreground. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
El Dorado
Dining Room
3286
Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)
Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)
Fra nce
74 1/2 x 16 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
1996.34.2
"French Scenic Wallpaper 1975-1865," pg. 312-313, fig. 83. "Historic Wallpapers," Nancy McClelland, pgs. 304-305
1849 (first printed)
Wenham (Essex county, Massachusetts)
France
Title Accession Number 1996.33
Title Scenic Wallpaper Accession Number 1996.34.3
Title Scenic Wallpaper Accession Number 1996.34.1
Block Printed
Irise
Wall Fragment
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
swans
lake
trees
peacock feathers
mountains
Landscape
Tropical
Scenery
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