Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1983.002.27
- Description:
- Wallpaper, partial roll. Small repeating design of baskets with flowers in repetitive design in rows and columns. Cross stitch design in yellow on darker yellow background, printed from edge-to-edge. An array of vertical lines in background. Little over 16 lines/inch vertically. Vertical repeat in pattern of 4.2". Vertical offset of 2.1". Small Xs in background. 16 rows in pattern repeat. ~12 Xs in a horizontal repeat. Between Xs vertically, straight columns of diagonally lines vertically. Horizontally, these are between Xs. These go around baskets, not through, only in one direction. Border stamped "BIRGE - MADE IN U.S.A. 7232 2" on left edge. On left side, border 0.7" wide. On right side, similar border 0.7" wide between design and edge of paper. Blank space right side 0.4" wide between edge of paper and vertical lines. On left side, this is 0.2". Some of yellow pigment along edges in paper on back side.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- W-19.6 Dia-1.6 inches Weight-7.25 oz
- Provenance:
- Sample in accession folder, marked on back, "Guest / Chamber".
One of 19 partial rolls of wallpaper from Ffrost Homestead, Durham, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
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