Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1966.048.01
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Wallpaper, geometric pattern. Fragment with dark blue background, white stripes, white flowers and leaf pattern with black shadows. One edge very irregular with some losses. Other three edges relatively straight. Appears to be border over background paper. Border 4.25" wide. Border pattern similar in a 2.5" repeat, elements all slightly different without having larger repeat. Background paper has vertical repeat of 4.7", in blue circles that appear, but the two that are there are not exact repeats. Sheet made of two pieces but not enough to determine larger sheet size. Marked from the Prescott Tavern, Jaffrey, NH.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-9.4 inches
- Provenance:
- From Prescott Tavern, Jaffrey, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Kenneth Jewett
- People:
- Prescott, Benjamin (1754-1839), Prescott, Oliver (1781-1850), Jewett, Kenneth E. (1905-2003)
- Subjects:
- Wallpaper
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