Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1966.043.15

Creator:

A.W.P.M.A.

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Wallpaper, almost square piece with large floral design in reds, tans, yellows, light blues, greens, and browns on celery-green background. Vertical repeat of 18.7"; no evidence of anymore. Slightly fanciful, floral decoration and probably one column. Floral design consisting of blossoms, leaves, and stems that are in possibly some groups that are repeated elsewhere. Blossoms and leaves and stems have more than one type of blossom on same stem. Some plain, brown stems. Some stems with thorny. Some slightly-green stems with smaller leaves, possibly smaller blossoms. Blossoms somewhat realistic. Some exaggeration and some imaginative interpretations. Quite a few details in blossoms, delineated by different colors printed side-by-side or over each other. Also, some small leaved fruits or berries sparsely distributed. Along one edge, unprinted band: 2.5" wide. Pale-green background band, unprinted: 0.3" wide. Opposite edge, nearly same configuration and dimensions. Design width 18.3". Along one edge, printed banner in dark color with: "A.W.P.M.A." Along same edge, printed numbers: "418". On opposite single colored dot with three colors in it. Colors, light green background, medium and dark green, medium and dark brown, two shades of yellow, light blue, and very pale blue. On back: "10".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-21.1 W-19.4 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Calvin L. Tucker