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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1933-1980

GUSN

GUSN-272347

Description

Two rolls of unused wallpaper border. Pattern comprised of a drapery pattern; top and bottom borders to be used with a sidewall paper. The top portion consists of a band of stylized daisies over drapery rods and rings. The bottom portion is a wavy band of daisies. Printed in three pinks, and white on a pink ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"RC a Paris / Made in France" (printed)
"80.102.85b(a)" (FIT Accession #)

Pattern

Frise Geraldine

Pattern No.

578

Additional Identification Number

80.102.85B(A)

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

22 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Accession Number

1999.190AB

Reference Notes

Frise Geraldine (see related sidewall paper #220)

Related Items

Title Wallpaer Accession Number 1999.197

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Pink

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

drapery
rod
rings
daisy
valence

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