Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1983.002.26.6
- Description:
- Wallpaper, partial roll, one of six with same pattern. Arborescent design with peonies and plum blossoms in polychrome on gray ground. Border stamped "BIRGE - MADE IN U.S.A. 1908 5".
Letter sans-serif. Letters all in black. Mixed floral vertical design of flowers with stems, blossoms, and leaves. Background color printed all the way to edge. Blank border width 2" on left and 1.9" on right side. A vertical repeat of 20.9". Vertical shift ~10.5". Design on left side partial blossom that connects with partial blossom on opposite side about 10.5" up or down. Colors involved gray as background, brown, black, white, three shades of red, (pink), at least one to two blues, yellow. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Sample of wallpaper in accession folder, marked on back, "Parlor".
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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