Works on Paper
Oliver Sage (Manufacturer and seller)
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1840-1860
Distemper; Paper (laid)
Woodblock
1969.1101
Object Number1969.1101 |
Wall covering (Wallpaper fragment)
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Oliver Sage (Manufacturer and seller)
An Oliver Sage was born in New Haven in 1807. An "Oliver S. Sage" is listed in "Berham's New Haven Directory" for 1849-51 as "clerk 29 Union Warf, Bds. 28 Meadow".
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1840-1860
1. Label; Lower left on obverse (upside down); MANUFACTURED/ AND SOLD BY/ OLIVER SAGE/ New Haven, Conn.
Distemper; Paper (laid)
Woodblock
14.75 (H) , 21.125 (W)
37.46 (H) , 53.657 (W)
OH and OW. Size of motif: H 2.5 in. (6.4 cm); W 2.25 in. (5.7 cm).
Text available soon.
[Book] Lynn, Catherine. 1980 Wallpaper in America, From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. 533 p.
• Published as fig. 12-22, p. 284.