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Three rolls of wallpaper, "Beauport Promenade." Chinoiserie design consisting of two scenes. Top scene is a male figure riding a camel, surrounded by fie male figures walking alongside; four are playing musical instruments, one carries a gun. The second scene shows a male figure riding an elephant, with ten male figures walking, each carrying an instrument or weapon. Printed in flesh tones, greens, grey, browns, white, red, and gold on a black ground.
wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
<- top / Beauport Promenade /c MCMLXXXV / a Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. handprint / Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities / Join / Trim (printed)
Trim / Join / c Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.
Beauport Promenade
13369.06
Associated With Beauport (Gloucester, Mass.),
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)
New York, New York, United States
30 (W) (inches)
Museum Accession
2000.239A-C
Gloucester (Essex county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Block Printed
Unused
Black
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
camel
elephant
figure
musical instrument
Aisan
man
chinoiserie
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