Three unused rolls of wallpaper. The pattern is composed of vignettes of three putti hunting ducks with bows and arrows alternating with vignettes of hunting dogs chasing ducks from ground cover. Printed in beige, white, brown, and black on peach/pink ground. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"772-2663" (retailer's stamp)
"THIS FRENCH HAND-BLOCKED WALLPAPER IS PRINTED / IN TEMPERA PAINT. BEFORE GLAZING THIS PAPER, IT IS / NECESSARY TO APPLY TWO COATS OF GLUE SIZE OR GELATIN"
(stamped)
"MADE IN FRANCE FOR / NANCY McCLELLAND INC."
"RC a Paris / Made in France" (manufacturer's mark)
"80.102.105(A-D)" (F.I.T. Accession number)
Chasse Au Canard
187
80.102.105A-D
Mauny (Manufacturer)
France
24 3/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
1999.165A-C
second edition
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.165
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1999.166AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.201AB
Block Printed
unused
Peach
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
putti
duck
hunting
dog
bow and arrow
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