Wallpaper border

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-178695

Description

Used fragment of border. Alternating rosettes and stylized pinecone or sunflower head. Prints in two browns, white on ochre ground. Striaght repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Original To Capt. Gershom Bradford House, Parlor

Additional Identification Number

2890

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

4 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1985.679

Places



Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Ochre

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Type

Handmade

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