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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-293483

Description

Partial roll of striped floral wallpaper. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. The primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polished white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper

Inscription

"16. Yards / 630" (printed)

Pattern No.

630

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

19 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.1192

Places

Probably United States

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.559A-C

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

Unused

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Flowers
Grasses
Stripes

Period/Style

Floral Stripe

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