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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

20th c.

GUSN

GUSN-287241

Description

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Acorn" pattern with oak boughs and acorns entwined with tulips and daisies. Block printed in tan on a beige ground.
Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris aand Co.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Pattern

Acorn

Pattern No.

WM 7422-2

Maker

William Morris & Co. (Designer)
Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Nylander

Accession Number

2000.978

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Repro

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

acorns
oaks
daisies
tulips

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