French Scenic wallpaper "Palais-Royal" pattern. Narrow strip placed over window. Five small fragments were glued together to create a strip with blue ground and clumps of brown leaves and both ends and in center. Block printed in grisaille on blue ground. Original manufacturer and designer are unknown. Removed from a ca. 1800 house in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Palais-Royal
55.1
767
Unknown
France
3 3/4 x 42 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mary Ann Morse and Brooks Banker
2010.27.1.6
France
Title "Palais-Royal" Wallpaper-over window panel Accession Number 2010.27.1.9
Title "Palais-Royal" Wallpaper-over window fragments Accession Number 2010.27.1.32ab
Title "Palais-Royal" Wallpaper Accession Number 2010.27.1
Block Printed
Blue
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Scenic
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