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Wallpaper border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-178693

Description

Fragments of wallpaper border. Scrolled leaf and rosettes, edged with dentil moulding. Prints in two browns, white on ochre ground

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Additional Identification Number

2889

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France; United States

Dimensions

4 3/4 x 25 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1985.678A-C

Places

Possibly France
Possibly United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1985.679
Title Accession Number 1985.68

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Ochre

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Border

Paper Finish

Wove
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

rosette
scrolled foliage

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