Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1966.043.16

Creator:

A.W.P.M.A.

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Wallpaper, almost-square piece with all-over, floral, ferns, and leaves in blues, deep reds, browns, couple blues, couple greens, light yellow-green, on pale yellow background. Three columns of fanciful floral decorations. These repeat each other. Repeat distance of: 15.6" vertical. Vertical offset of 7.8". Horizontal 6.1" offset. Fanciful design of mostly grouped blossoms, leaves, and petals with very few long stems. Also, clusters in some cases grow downward as well as up in same group. In center of some groups, seems to be all groups of 3-4 fruits along with some small, rounded blossoms where stems and leaves grow up and down. Background, light yellow-green hue. Two blues, at least two greens, very dark red. Underlying background medium-green with the light-yellow green printed over it. In some cases, dark green printed over background green with light green filling in between shapes. Along one edge, 0.2" wide unprinted band and 0.25" wide dark green base color unprinted. On same side, single color dot with three colors in it. On opposite edge, 0.3" wide unprinted band, adjacent to a 0.2" darker green base color. Also, a printed banner with "A.W.P.M.A" in it. Number printed along edge: "2343". Design width 18.4". On back: "12 2" and more writing in a broader pencil: "3 Double Rolls / of this Kind". Also, on back, some slight evidence of just a trace of red bleeding through from front.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-20.1 W-19.4 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Calvin L. Tucker