Rolled fragment of Zuber scenic wallpaper "Chasse Dite D'Apres Vernet" from Dennysville, Maine. Fragment is printed with part of a tree, sky and clouds. Block printed in dark olive, two browns, black, and gray on yellow ground. Laid paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"Wallpaper from house built / in Dannysville Maine by my / great grandfather John Kilby / Paper - an English hunting scene going all around the room was / put on the wall in 1822. / Ruth L. W. Draper / 30 Groveland St. / Auburndale Mass." (Assumed written by Draper. Not Dorothy Waterhouse's handwriting.)
Chasse Dite D'Apres Vernet
Draper, Ruth L. W. , Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
28 1/2 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1095
1822 (Paper went on wall in 1822 per donor.)
Dennysville (Washington county, Maine)
Probably France
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Tree
Sky
Clouds
Scenic
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