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Fireboard

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-300350

Description

Fireboard with wallpaper. Flowers (mostly pink) in an urn, printed on tan ground. Wallpaper border of rose vine in pink and green. From the Parson Smith House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
boards (flat objects)
wallpapers
wood (plant material)
Component, Fireplace
Fireboard
Fireboard

Associated Building

Exhibited At Parson Smith House - Main House (South Windham, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 7/8 x 47 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum accession

Accession Number

1953.493

Places

South Windham (Cumberland county, Maine)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Gilt

Form

Fireboard

Ground Color

Tan

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Decor Motif

urn
flower
floral
rose

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