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Wallpaper Frieze

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1885-1895

GUSN

GUSN-292947

Description

Partial roll of frieze wallpaper. Frieze printed with upper and lower bands of stylized flower and foliate figures in geometric fretwork. Middle band of stripes and circles. Roller-printed in two browns, peach and three greens on black ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"864" (printed)
"Wide green border" (handwritten)

Pattern No.

864

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 1/2 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.1144

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Black

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Freize

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stylized flowers
Stylized fretwork
Stripes
Circles

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