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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-179412

Description

Fragments. Striped pattern with stylized flowers within the narrow stripe and horizontal dashes and dots within the broad stripe. This could be part of a landscape figure paper, but there are no figures represented on either fragment. Printed in dark blue, orange and white on a light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Sitting Room

Additional Identification Number

3895

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

22 3/4 x 13 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Judy Anderson

Accession Number

2001.258

Places

Possibly United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Paper Finish

Laid

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripes
dashes
pindots
stylized flowers
twisted vines

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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