Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1966.043.34 a-c

Description:

Wallpaper, floral, three pieces. a. Fragment. Light tan background with red blossoms, blue and tan leaves. Blossoms have two shades of red in them with black details and light gray center and/or slightly blue center. Leaves and blossoms all fanciful. All have shading and rough details in black. Some brown and gray-brown leaves with gradations in their color and in amount of detail in them. Pattern impressionistic-type floral design. Regular series of fine black, parallel lines, printed over floral pattern. Fourteen lines per inch. On one edge, paper has non-design background color area, 0.45" wide. Printed in black, all caps, san-serif: "MADE IN U. S. A." Single black registration dot repeated every 15.7". Also, small cluster of colored dots with same repeat distance. Full-width pattern. One complete section of design from side-to-side with vertical repeat of 15.7". Perhaps one edge trimmed to design edge.
b. Fragment. Matches "a".
c. Border fragment. Elongated oval connected by small diamonds along one edge. Design of series of diamonds and elongated ovals connected. Plain band of wide black stripe. 2.3" wide stripe with pink blossoms, blue leaves, tan leaves, and repeat of 18.7" long. Leaves and blossoms have gradation in them to help give shape. Some darker lines help define shape. Central design element that undulates from side-to-side, manifest by curvature of stems that are subtle part of combination of leaves and blossoms. Adjacent to flowers is another repeat of wide, dark tan band and leaves. Ovals, and diamonds connected on black background. Printed overall are series of fine black lines, 14/inch. Ovals have little touch of blue and black to give dimensionality. In center, 0.6" wide light background stripe. Then pattern repeats again, parallel to first one. Each piece of border 4" wide but areas along edges where it could be extended since parallel lines run on all edges. At one edge of paper, from black edge of design to paper edge: 0.8" wide. 0.6" of that has stripes in it. Color registration circles in same area that repeats every 18.7". Series of 9 circles with color printed in them. Dual borders have same design side-by-side.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-36.2 W-18.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Calvin L. Tucker