Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1969.072.05

Date:

1900-1930

Description:

Wallpaper roll of more than six repeats. Olive green (450-451) flat background with overall, floral design of red-orange (179) flowers with dark red (208) shading and yellow (136) accents and blue (558) flowers. Sprigs with small pale green, cream-color (453) leaves and long, thin, black and brown (479) lily-like leaves complete pattern. Touch of yellow. Paper is neutral, thin. Paint is water soluble, thin, machine-printed. Roll has never been used. Stamped along edge "271". On right side, color test patch 12.5" apart. Right at edge of design, blank edge on right, 0.3" wide. On left edge, blank area 0.2" wide. Design limit 0.4" on left and right. Color test dots every 12.5" to right of printed numbers.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-84.125 W-19.3 inches

Provenance:

Part of collection of wallpapers from house called Chandler Farm, Concord, NH, purchased by donor in 1932 and occupied by Lydia Ann Tenney Little and husband George Little who took it over about 1900. For details on house and history of ownership, see Accession File. Used in Tenney Homestead, 1846-1923.

Credit Line:

Gift of Doris F. Purvis

People:

Tenney, Jonathan (1817-1888), Tenney, Daniel (1819-1899), Purvis, Doris F. (1899-1988)

Subjects:

Wallpaper