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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-286796

Description

Unused samples. Panel with swags and cherubs frolicking with a lioness, alternating with a panel with an urn. Printed in gray-green and brown on ivory ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Accession Number

1966.2137A-G

Date

1880-1920 (1887 Mary Jewett inherits house from her uncle)

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Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.2136
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Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Ivory

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Sanitary

Decor Motif

lions
urns
swags
cherubs

Period/Style

NeoClassical

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