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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-302126

Description

Partial roll of wallpaper. Scrolling foliage design, with scrolled acanthus leaves and four-petal flowers printed in pink, greens, and yellow on light yellow ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

Gonowingo Wallpaper Co (printed)

Associated Building

Original To Sampson Gifford House (Duxbury, Mass.),

Maker

Gonowingo Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Credit Line

Estate of Rosamond Gifford

Accession Number

2000.522

Places

Duxbury (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Wallpaper Details

Ground Color

Lt. Yellow

State

Original

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Decor Motif

acanthus
flower
leaf

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