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Wallpaper (A) and border (B) fragments from the hall of the Lakeman Johnson House, circa 1840. Wallpaper (A) is a landscape scenary paper with harbor scene and irise sky framed by Gothic cartouches entwined with red roses and blue morning glories, printed on white polished ground. Straight repeat. See 1971.210 for another sample of the same paper. Fragment (B) is a matching border with column and entwined flowers like those found on the wallpaper. Printed in the same colors: gray, white, brown, blue, pink and green.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper
Original To Lakeman-Johnson House Main House, Front Hall
Unknown
Museum Accession
1980.201AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.210
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1948.730
Block Printed
Irise
wall fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Paper
Floral
flowers
column
harbor
cartouches
rose
morning glory
boats
Gothic Revival
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