Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1966.043.32 a-b

Creator:

Standard Wallpaper Co.

Date:

circa 1925

Description:

Wallpaper, two 36" lengths, deep buff background with large medallion designs, pink flowers, green sprigs, tan, yellow, white border hanging from looped green swags. Small white, over-all design. a. Three columns of design with portions of design on either edge. Fanciful, slightly rococo medallions with dark brown highlights around edges. About 7 pink and white blossoms in center of each medallion. Also, some pink and white blossom material outside medallion near bottom where side pinch in. Finials at top and bottom of medallion. Dispersed silver color in background inside medallion. Area below medallions, elongated oval shape of green and silver-green swags which lead to next medallions below and on either side. Alternating medallions horizontally and vertically. Fanciful elongated-lobe, white design with vertical orientation so that it is taller than wide. Symmetrical silver lines behind these white designs in background behind medallions and swags, which are also background in open areas. Horizontal repeat of medallions: 8.9". Vertical repeat of medallions: 15.6". Medallions with finials 9" high. Medallion and swag below: 12.8" high. Vertical shift between medallion columns: 7.8". Background white decorations, vertical repeat of 1.6" and horizontal repeat of: 0.75". On left edge, blank background strip: 0.7" wide. On left side, colored registration dots, 15.6" apart. Appear to have 2-3 colors in each dot. On right side, background strip, 0.7" wide. Green printing in san-serif letters, all caps with larger first letters: "STANDARD WALL PAPER CO. 736". Two color dots, side-by-side, repeat distance: 15.7". Multiple colors, green, brown, red, possibly silver. On back of paper, background color bleeding over edge.
b. Description same as "a". Printed on right side in green, san-serif, all caps with title caps first letter of each word: "STANDARD WALLPAPER CO. 736". Some color registration dots every 15.75". Pair of them, lined up parallel to axis of paper. On opposite border in unprinted area, single color registration dot. On back, small amount of background color bleeding over onto medium-tan paper.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-36.9 W-19.3 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Calvin L. Tucker