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Wallpaper border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-283727

Description

Wallpaper border fragment. Trailing vine with berries, possibly raspberries, printed in three blues on light blue ground. Brown flocked background overprinted in black and red.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
floral patterns
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Wording House, Front Hall

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Maine Preservation

Accession Number

2009.31.2

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Design Technique

Flocked

Form

wall fragment

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

leaves
berries
raspberries

Period/Style

Floral

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