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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-272656

Description

Unused wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern consisting of pairs of vertical pinstripes with pairs of parallel pin dots running along the outside of each stripe at one inch intervals. Roller-printed in black on cream ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.47.1

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.47.2

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Cream

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Stripe

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stipe
Pin Dot

Period/Style

Stripe

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