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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-272942

Description

Wallpaper fragment from Holman House, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Tapestry wallpaper printed with a landscape scene overprinted with fine black lines to simulate the weave of a textile. Roller-printed in multiple greens, browns, blue, violet, yellow, tan and black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
tapestry (process)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Holman House, Attleboro" (Dorothy Waterhouse note)

Associated Person

Holman, Warren, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Original To Holman House (Attleboro, Ma),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

22 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.90

Places

Attleboro (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.349A-C

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

wall fragment

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Tapestry

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Landscape
Pastoral
tapestry
Trees

Period/Style

Tapestry

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