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Fireboard

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

GUSN

GUSN-48725

Description

Fireboard covered with wallpaper depicting an outdoor scene of three early-nineteenth-century children (two boys and one girl) dressing a dog in bonnet and shawl. Attached border (1972.105b)

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
block printing (relief printing process)
Component, Fireplace
Fireboard
Unidentified Paper
fireboards (fireplace equipment)
Fireboard

Associated Building

Original To Captain Lord Mansion,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32 x 41 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

1972.105

Places

Kennebunkport (York county, Maine)

Related Items

Title Fireboard Accession Number 1972.105b

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Fireboard

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Decor Motif

children
dog
foxglove

Period/Style

Scenic

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