Wallpaper

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Collection Type

Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-302200

Description

Wallpaper rolls. Hand-blocked bamboo latice printed in blue, green, and grey on light blue ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Inscription

made in France, 'Berlene' (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)

Pattern

Berlene

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Gift of Roach & Craven, Inc.

Accession Number

2000.221A-C

Places

France
Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Decor Motif

bamboo
lattice

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