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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1933-1980

GUSN

GUSN-272313

Description

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern is composed of the capital and base of a trellis. Printed in two grays and lavender on a cream ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"RC a Paris / Made in France" (printed)
"2841-3128 / 525 / Made in France for Nancy McClelland, Inc." (stamped)
"80.102.51B(a-b)" (FIT Accession #)

Additional Identification Number

80.102.88B(A-C)

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.179AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Cream

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

fretwork
trelis

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