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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-272741

Description

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern in pink and blue with alternating sprig and moiré pattern roller-printed over the color in silver satin. The sprigs are printed over the pink ground, the moiré pattern over the blue printed stripes. The machine made paper is embossed with a wavey ribbed texture.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
moiré
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 22 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.54

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

unused

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Stipes

Paper Finish

Embossed

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stripe
Sprig
Moiré

Period/Style

Stripe

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