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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-47514

Description

Six fragments from the third layer of wallpaper removed from the second floor right rear room of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Floral wallpaper roller-printed in yellow, cream, pink, blue, red, and white on olive ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1968.80.3

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

wall fragment

Ground Color

Olive

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Period/Style

Floral

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