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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1965-1975

GUSN

GUSN-272414

Description

Partial roll of unused wallpaper. Drapery and Bamboo pattern consisting of vertical bamboo stalk sprouting flowers and leaves flanked by swags of fabric gathered with cording. Printed in maroon, green, gray and white on light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"SPNEA Repro" (handwritten)
"Nancy McClelland / Drapery and Bamboo - Hitchborn House" (printed)

Pattern

Drapery and Bamboo

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

A3424

Maker

McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

30 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2000.415

Date

1965-1975 (Used to paper walls during renovations to office space at the Otis House circa 1974.)

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Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.184
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Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1967.210
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.415A

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Screen Print

Form

unused

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Bamboo
Drapery
Cording

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