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Four panels of French scenic wallpaper. Handpainted on sheets of paper 39 1/4 inches wide by 105 inches hight. The painted pattern of each section is approximately 37 inches high, the remainder being sky. Written in ink on the reverse of one panel: "Environs de Paris / de 31 a 40." Two of the sections join in sequence, the other two do not. The scenes depicted are both pastoral and forest. The sky areas are in excellent condition; the lower portions on which the scenes are painted have had greater exposure and have a good deal of loss and wear.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"Environs de Paris / de 31 a 40" (handwritten)
Environs de Paris
Unknown
France
105 x 39 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brayton
1995.556A-D
1865 (approximately)
Hand Painted
unused
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Scenic
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