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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1796-1815

GUSN

GUSN-286672

Description

Fragments. Three series of vertical stripes including flowering vines, stylized wheat or leaf motifs, and abstract shapes. Block printed in white on cinnamon ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Dole / Little / Ho. - Parker / River" (handwritten on label attached to back by Nina Fletcher Little)

Associated Building

Dole-Little House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Probably Moses Grant

Credit Line

Family of Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1994.52A-C

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.32a-e
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1994.53

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Fragments

Ground Color

Cinnamon

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

vines
stripes

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