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Wallpaper Border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1820-1825

GUSN

GUSN-27039

Description

Wallpaper border fragment. Window pane checked drapery paper in chartruse and lime green ornamented by pink daisy garlands and bouquets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
fragments
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Very old paper Hall/ Return to Sarah P. Fowler/ Danvers" (Pencil)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Sarah Putnam Fowler

Accession Number

1911.97

Reference Notes

Photograph by Frank Cousins, 1911

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