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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-291908

Description

Partial roll of striped wallpaper. Solid tan stripes alternate with green trellis pattern stripes. Roller-printed in green, tan and dark red on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper

Inscription

"225 / U" (printed)
"Victorian - mid 19th century / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers" (handwritten)

Pattern No.

225U

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.1053

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Trellis
Stripes

Period/Style

Stripe

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