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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1965-1980

GUSN

GUSN-272410

Description

Unused roll of wallpaper. All over design of delicate scrolling foliate vines. Printed in gray on ivory ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Folson Tavern / Nancy McClelland, Inc." (printed)
"NANCY MCCLELLAND REPRODUCTION / used in the 3rd floor offices of Otis House / over the Drawing Room in the mid 1970s" (Provenance Note)

Pattern

Folson Tavern

Associated Building

Used At Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),

Maker

McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

22 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2000.413

Date

1965-1980 (paper hung in Otis House offices in the 1970s)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Ivory

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Scrolling Vine
Vine

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