Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1968.049.49 a-c

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Wallpaper, gold floral, three pieces, rolled.

A. Gilt background, shaded tan flowers and leaves touched with gilt, all over pattern. Light buff background with bronze and gilt flowers. Rolled. Overall tan background printed on paper. Some residues on back of selvage edge. Fragment, light buff-backed ground with bronze and gilt small flowers and trailing stems. Background color printed all way to edge. Criss-crossing diagonal pattern to simulate a weave for background with old color. Two tones of tan in floral elements. Same elements, interior lines and edges of underlying light-tan background. Blossoms and leaves with small gold dots as design enhancement. 0.4" blank border along one edge. Three small color patches at regular intervals on border. Pattern repeat longitudinally ~12.5". Horizontal repeat 9.3". Vertical repeat shift of 6.2". Small amount of background color on backside along straight edge.

B. Fragment, light buff-backed ground with bronze and gilt small flowers and trailing stems. Background color printed all way to edge. Criss-crossing diagonal pattern to simulate a weave for background with old color. Two tones of tan in floral elements. Same elements, interior lines and edges of underlying light-tan background. Blossoms and leaves with small gold dots as design enhancement. 0.4" blank border along one edge. Three small color patches at regular intervals on border. Pattern repeat longitudinally ~12.5".

C. Gilt background, shaded tan flowers and leaves touched with gilt, all over pattern. Light buff background with bronze and gilt flowers. Rolled. Overall tan background printed on paper. Some residues on back of selvage edge. Fragment, light buff-backed ground with bronze and gilt small flowers and trailing stems. Background color printed all way to edge. Criss-crossing diagonal pattern to simulate a weave for background with old color. Two tones of tan in floral elements. Same elements, interior lines and edges of underlying light-tan background. Blossoms and leaves with small gold dots as design enhancement. 0.4" blank border along one edge. Three small color patches at regular intervals on border. Pattern repeat longitudinally ~12.5". Horizontal repeat 9.3". Vertical repeat shift of 6.2". Small amount of background color on backside along straight edge.

Material:

Paper

Provenance:

Used in new home of Henry A. Rock in Lebanon, NH, in mid 1870s. Father of donor.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethel Rock Millen

People:

Rock, Henry A. (1850-1904), Rock, Emma J. (1852-1914), Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980)

Subjects:

Flowers