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Wallpaper - Maritime

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

ca. 1940

GUSN

GUSN-260134

Description

Ships with sails unfurled, on water, smaller rowed boats filled with sailors surround; flags and emblems on all boats; green-blue ground; boats and ships brown, white, red, yellow, blue and green; water with white caps.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
machine-made
ships
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

"(symbol) TRADE (symbol) MARK ENGLISH MADE (symbol) (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Elinor Thomas

Accession Number

2002.32.56

Places

Freeport (Cumberland county, Maine)
Maine (United States)
England (United Kingdom) [country]

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