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Wallpaper

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  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-286738

Description

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating bouquets of flowers between a diamond-shaped grid made of scrolling floral vines. Machine printed in pinks, greens and dark brown on cream background. Small fragment of an earlier layer is on back but pattern cannot be determined.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Spencer-Peirce-Little Tenant Farmer's House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 3/4 x 15 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Cook, Nancy Graf, and Olga MacFarlane

Accession Number

1996.143.1063

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Fragment

Ground Color

Cream

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

bouquets
floral vines

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