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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1885-1900

GUSN

GUSN-291261

Description

Fragment of Arts and Crafts wallpaper from Lexington, Massachusetts. Wide paper with large-scale pattern of a country house in a manicured landscape with shaped trees, a curving driveway, a fence and two peacocks in a sunken yard. Roller-printed in two greens, yellow, tan, brown, red, and blue on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Arts and Crafts (movement)
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Muzzey, Anna, Miss
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28 x 22 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.980

Places

Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Landscape
Country House
Peacocks

Period/Style

Arts and Crafts

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