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Wallpaper fragment, length 13 from the scenic wallpaper "Monuments of Paris." Features the most famous buildings of Paris in the background lined up by the Seine. This panel depicts Porte Saint-Denis in the background, the Seine in the middle and fishermen in the foreground. Another panel features the Palais Bourbon.
scenic wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Knapp House/Walpole wallpaper fragments"
"wallpaper (original) scenic/ French -- early 19th cent./ from Walpole, N.H. (the Inn)/ like that on Knapp House." (Black ink on red and white paper label)
Monuments of Paris
Original To Knapp House (Walpole, NH),
3497
2000.1694
Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer)
France
65 1/2 x 40 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
2000.2229A-D
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1969.227
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paris
Paper
Porte Saint-Denis
Seine
fishermen
Palais Bourbon
Scenic
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