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Wallpaper "Coromandel"

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

ca. 1950

GUSN

GUSN-260129

Description

Landscape scene; blue-gray ground; two female figures hold fan and lantern, stand in front of a gate and wall gesturing to a male figure; tree and potted plant flank them; below is a man on a horse and a gazebo with tree; pattern colors: gray, tan, light green, pink, light blue, lavender.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
machine-made
landscape figures
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

"THE WARNER COMPANY - CHICAGO N1 or (directional arrows up and toward right) TOP MADE IN U.S.A. RUN 39" (printed)
"N1 or (directional arrows up and toward right) TOP (A/O symbol) U.W.P.C. of N.A. (symbol) UNION MADE COROMANDEL RUN 39." (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 1/4 (W), 1 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elinor Thomas

Accession Number

2002.32.51

Places

Freeport (Cumberland county, Maine)
Maine (United States)
United States

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