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Wallpaper

Object Name:
Wallpaper
Object ID:
1969.072.01 a-c
Date:
1880-1980
Description:
Wallpaper, floral, three pieces. Design consists of overall pattern of leaves, flowers, and ferns in pale yellow (134), light olive green (399), white, and dark red (225) with shading in black, yellow (103) vertical stripe along margin for alignment. Repeats 15.6". Paper is machine-made, neutral, thin. Pigments are water soluble. All but yellow pigments are opaque.
Material:
Paper
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 during 1846-1932.
Credit Line:
Gift of Doris F. Purvis
Subjects:
Ferns, Flowers, Leaves
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