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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1910-1920

GUSN

GUSN-272943

Description

Wallpaper fragment from Holman House, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Pattern featurning hillside landscape of stylized trees and houses. Roller-printed in burnt orange, dark green, gray-green, cream, blue, brown and black on dark peach ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Holman House, Attleboro" (Dorothy Waterhouse Note)

Associated Person

Holman, Warren, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Original To Holman House (Attleboro, Ma),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17 3/4 x 23 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.91

Places

Attleboro (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

wall fragment

Ground Color

Peach

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

landscape
trees
houses

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