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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1933-1980

GUSN

GUSN-272192

Description

Unused and roll of border wallpaper. Four uncut borders on roll. Pattern made to look like carved molding with alternating acanthus leaf and flower decorating the molding. Printed in yellow, gray and white on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"80.102.44" (F.I.T. accession number)
"2646-264" (possible retailer's notation)

Additional Identification Number

80.102.44

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Credit Line

Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.198

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Yellow

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Acanthus leaf
leaf
flower
molding
architectural

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