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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-293445

Description

Partial roll of scenery figure wallpaper. Pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants under a blue sky with bluff and houses in the distance. The central figures are a boy in a bright blue coat, a steer, a goat, and a lamb. Roller-printed in white, black, orange, yellow, salmon, grays, greens, browns, and blues on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Stacey / Farm scene" (handwritten)

Associated Person

Mr. Stacey
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

19 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.1185

Places

France

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.210
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.141
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.558

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Pastoral
Domestic Animals
Farm Animals
Landscape
Steer
Goat
Lamb

Period/Style

Scenery Figure

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