Wallpaper

Object Name:

Wallpaper

Object ID:

1983.002.25.2

Place of Origin:

England

Description:

Wallpaper, partial roll, one of six with same pattern. Striped design. Floral trails interspersed with bouquets form stripes against a white overprinted background with dotted reserves. Repeat distance between color patches 17.4". Vertical and parallel to edges of paper. Non-design area on each edge ~0.5" wide. Four complete vertical columns and each column consists of two geometric background bands with interspersed floral trails with bouquets. On floral trails, small clusters between bouquets face in opposite directions. Floral trails staggered by a type of ~4.3". Vertical floral trail with bouquet and then on either side, center of repeat pattern. In background, rectangles of the off-white color have three dots and short stem at bottom. This may be stylized Fleur de Lis which are offset in the squares. Two styles of bouquets, almost mirror images of each other. Same style configuration in each row of bouquets. Border stamped "BRITISH MADE RD NO 619024". In markings next to "RD" sideways "S". San-serif, all caps for all letters. "D" and "O" are superscript. Small, rectangular dots for several colors between writing. Ten small circles, ~0.1" diameter between number "4" and "B" in "BRITISH". Each circle with color dot in it. On opposite side of paper in blank border, another set of ten dots with colors in them. On that same side, duplicates of rectangular color patch.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

W-22 Dia-1.85 inches Weight-16.85 oz

Provenance:

Sample of wallpaper in accession folder, marked on back, "Charlie's Room / Library chamber".
One of 19 partial rolls of wallpaper from Ffrost Homestead, Durham, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer

People:

Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)