Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1969.072.08
- Creator:
- Standard Papers
Manufacturer - Date:
- 1856-1910
- Description:
- Wallpaper fragment, from a roll. Less than two repeats. Rococo Revival style, festoon, flowers, and ornate medallions alternating between and over vertical stripes. Pale green floral motifs and scrolls, divided by metallic gold and dark green stripes of varying widths. Between pale green decorations are metallic gold medallions and white and metallic gold floral motifs. Metallic gold garlands connect medallions. Acidic, machine-made, ungrounded paper. Water-soluble pigments, machine-printed; green (344, 386, 358), brown (465), and white (opalescent). Metallic gold pigments (872, 873, 874) are impervious to water. On right-hand margin, repeated three times, is printed in metallic gold, a banner, on which is printed, "STANDARD PAPERS." Fragment has never been used.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-34.7 W-18.8 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. This paper used in the parlor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Doris F. Purvis
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