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Two unused rolls of wallpaper. The pattern is comprised of alternating vignettes of a man picking apples from a tree with a woman holding a basket and a scene of a house and dog. Printed in orange, brown, blue, and gray on a turquoise ground. Straight repeat. Paper sheets glued together to form roll, imitating handmade wallpapers before continues machine papers came into use.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Made in France / RC a Paris" (manufacturer's mark)
"#878" (stamped)
"L.A.V / Ecoles / Ingres" (watermarked)
"80.102.82B" (F.I.T. Accession number)
Ma Normandie
206
80.102.82B
Mauny (Manufacturer)
France
25 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
1999.170AB
second edition
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1999.180
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1999.182
Block Printed
unused
Turquoise
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
farmers
orchard
dog
house
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