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Wallpaper

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  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-302198

Description

Wallpaper roll. Hand-blocked floral stripe in red, pink, blue, geen, black, and white on olive-yellow ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

L. C., Made in France Paris (printed)
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)

Maker

(Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Gift of Roach & Craven, Inc.

Accession Number

2000.217AB

Places

France

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.218AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Ground Color

Yellow

State

Original

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

floral

Decor Motif

floral
stripe

Period/Style

floral stripe

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