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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-27038

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Gothic pavilion with tracery and fretwork over a bouquet of flowers. Block printed in tan, two browns, yellow, and blue on white satin ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Gothic Revival
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Original sitting room" (Pencil)
"Sitting room paper/ Return to Sarah P. Fowler/ Danvers." (Pencil)
"Return to Clara P. Sanborn/ 45 East Haverhill St/ Lawrence/ Mass." (Pencil)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 1/2 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Sarah Putnam Fowler

Accession Number

1911.90

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1922.18AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1978.135

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