Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1969.072.07
- Date:
- 1856-1880
- Description:
- Wallpaper. Small strip, tan and brown with outlined, geometrical patterns, Maltese Cross, and outlined flowers. Tan paper. Gothic Revival style. Shaded latticework over which is printed in succession a stylized flat floral motif. In each "aperture" is flat, floral design with pair of triglyphs. Paper thin, neutral, machine-made. Paint is opaque, water-soluble. Pigments: light (162186) and dark (476) maroon or deep red machine-printed on ungrounded paper. Printed on upper right margin, parallel to right edge, "376". Fragment has never been used.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-27.5 W-19.5 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. According to donor, this fragment was one of the earliest in the collection, dating from 1846 and 1936.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Doris F. Purvis
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