Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1966.043.24 a-b

Creator:

A. ..U. T. C. of NA

Date:

1925

Description:

Wallpaper, two 36" strips of all-over design flowers and leaves in muted pink, blue, and tan shades with silver overlay. Silver color is in dots. Vertical repeat of 8.3". Horizontal repeat: 6". Floral pattern with blossoms, stems, leaves. These are in light tan, green background color. Shapes created by a colored background that surrounds the shapes and delineates the features. Background series of parallel, vertical lines in medium brown color. Lines about 0.05" apart. Some vertical lines are up to 1.8" long. Some lines are just a dot in a segment. Lines run entire length of paper, although not printed this entire length. Color added to design by use of horizontal lines that have small waves in them. They undulate a little bit. Approximately 0.1" apart. Lines run horizontally. Not continuous. May change from blue to pink. One can see pattern to colors, but not able to measure size or that pattern. (per David Colglazier). Additional color element of small silver-colored dots that run horizontally across paper. Dots in pairs with spaces between them, about 9 pairs to inch vertically. Horizontal lines of dots run from one edge of paper to other. Subtly prominent in background of paper. In some places, color stripes running across paper printed over some of silver dots. Pairs of lines of silver dots spaced to create small squares of dots resulting in clusters of 4 dots, with spaces between them vertically and horizontally. Design appears to be 18.4". On one side of paper, one edge, space 0.25" wide. On same side, 0.2" that has some random silver-colored lines in it. Additional 0.05" made up of ends of horizontal lines. On opposite edge of paper, space 0.6" wide. Brown printed line on inside edge of space. Outside edge 0.15" background color only. Rest of space has all of design elements in it of colored lines, horizontal colored lines, vertical brown lines, silver dots, and design of background is in this edge. Brown line along that edge, which is 0.3" from edge. At one end, "MATCH" printed in pattern. Also printed in edge, "07 M 5 E" Additional small letters "AWWPC OF NA". Below that, more letters in printed in background design: "....OPEN.MADE ..." Further along edge: "MATCH". A[h] WPC ...on made MATCH 0715E A[H] WPC" etc.
b. Has A.U.T.C of NA with UNION MADE underneath it on edges. Cut line near edge marked out.
"Carrie's Back Parlor" written on back with date 1925.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-35.9 W-19.3 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Calvin L. Tucker