Object Number 2004.0046.001 A, B

Object Name

Wall covering (Wallpaper fragments)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Christopher Ohrstrom

Creator (Role)

Moses Grant (Manufacturer)
Grant's son, Moses Grant, Jr., manufactured wallpaper in Boston as well, between 1811and 1817.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1805-1810

Materials

Distemper; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Woodblock

Construction Description

Paper of linen fiber stock.

Dimensions (inches)

2.375 (H) , 7.0625 (W) , 3.125 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.032 (H) , 17.939 (W) , 7.938 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

OH and OW of (a). Measurements of (b): OH 3.125 in. (7.9 cm); OW 5.125 in. (13.0 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.