Unused wallpaper sample. Design consisting of dice, dominoes, playing cards, hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs. Block printed in red, black, white, blue, tan, and gold on a dark brown ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Selvedge: "8208 FRABRICATION BELGE UPL MADE IN BELGIUM"
Reverse: [stamp] "SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 270.3" [paper label] "Wall-Paper. Playing Cards. Printed from / wood-blocks. Made in Belgium, circa 1910- / 1920. / Courtesy of Jones and Erwin, Inc., N.Y. / Cooper Union Museum" (Printed, stamp and label)
Playing Cards
3234
Unknown
23 3/4 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum
2008.6.28
Title 2008.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1
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