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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-302193

Description

Wallpaper fragments. Hand-blocked pastoral hunting scene printed in red, pink, and black on coral ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

This collection of 20th century French hand-blocked wallpapers was the gift (probably in the 1970s) of Roach and Craven, a Boston decorating firm on Chesnut Street (By R. Nylander)

Pattern

Chasse Au Canard

Maker

Mauny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

France

Credit Line

Gift of Roach & Craven, Inc.

Accession Number

2000.216AB

Places

France

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.201AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

pastoral
hunting

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