Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1969.072.09
- Place of Origin:
- United States (probably)
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Wallpaper. Border element. Wildflower motif. Two pieces (a and b). Design consists of bold abstract floral motifs in yellow (460, 141), brown (146, 462), olive green (457), and dark red (209), on green-black ground. Yellow horizontal strip along upper edge. Abstract imitation of neo-classical bead-and-reel molding in brown and yellow along lower edge. Machine-made, acidic, thin paper. Pigments, except for yellow, are thick, do not appear to be water-soluble, and are machine-printed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.75 W-11.3 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
- Subjects:
- Flowers
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