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ca. 1829
GUSN-258613
Section of stencilled wall; yellow ground with motifs in red and green; bottom of panel is a serpentine-shaped strwberry vine of leaf and berry; two alternating panels show a poppy plant and oak leaf group; on top is a frieze of broken lines with abstracted floral motif; between these two vertical panels is a column of abstracted pineapple motif.
interior walls
plaster
horsehair
lathing (process)
paint (coating)
floral patterns
oak leaf (motif)
fruit
Wall
Wall
Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)
72 1/5 x 27 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Charles and Diann Burnim
1998.5873
All designs except abstracted pineapple are referenced; strawberry, p. 60; poppy, pages 28-29; oak leaf, p. 67; frieze, p. 70
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