Museum Object Number2004.0046.001 A, B |
Wall covering (Wallpaper fragments)
Works on Paper
Gift of Christopher Ohrstrom
Moses Grant (Manufacturer)
Grant's son, Moses Grant, Jr., manufactured wallpaper in Boston as well, between 1811and 1817.
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1805-1810
Distemper; Paper (laid)
Woodblock
Paper of linen fiber stock.
2.375 (H) , 7.0625 (W) , 3.125 (Repeat Height)
6.032 (H) , 17.939 (W) , 7.938 (Repeat Height)
OH and OW of (a). Measurements of (b): OH 3.125 in. (7.9 cm); OW 5.125 in. (13.0 cm).
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[Book] Nylander, Richard C., et al. 1986 Wallpaper in New England: selections from the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 283 p.
• See figs. 18.1-.4, pp. 85-6 and back cover; and fig. 19.3, p. 88.
[Article] Kihn, Phyllis. 01//1961 "Zecheriah [sic] Mills, Paper-Hanging Manufacturer of Hartford, 1793-1816". Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin. 26 (1): 21-31.
• Similar pattern used on a round bandbox in the Society's collection labeled by Mills. See fig. 1, p. 22.