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On Display: House - Chinese Parlor
Wall covering (Wallpaper)
Pastimes and Leisure Scenes of Chinese Life
1775-1800
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Materials
- Ink
- Distemper
- Paper
Museum Object Number
1969.1084
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1084
Object Name
Wall covering (Wallpaper)
Title
Pastimes and Leisure Scenes of Chinese Life
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Date
1775-1800
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Distemper
- Paper
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
147.5 (H) x 47 (W) x 23.5 (Image H) x 24 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
374.65 (H) x 119.38 (W) x 59.69 (Image H) x 60.96 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
OH of panels from top of baseboard to ceiling trim. Panel W (individual sheet width) varies: 46.0 - 47.0 in. (116.84 - 119.38 cm); one panel located on the west wall measures 24.0 in. (61.0 cm). Individual sheet H varies: the middle five sheets measure 23.5 - 24.0 in. (59.69 - 60.96 cm), while the top and bottom sheets are 8.5 - 9.0 in. (21.6 - 22.9 cm) and 18.5 in. (47.0 cm), respectively.
Coloring
Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Rowan, Diana P. 2002 Reading the wallpaper of the Chinese Parlor at the Winterthur Museum. Antiques. 161 (3): 116-25.
• Published: p.116-125Manuscript: Hamill, Michele. "Summer Work Project: A Technical Examination of the Chinese Parlor Wallpaper". 83 p.
• Related informationArticle: 1999 "Return to Glory: The Chinese Parlor Wallpaper". Winterthur Magazine. (Winter)
• PublishedBook: Lynn, Catherine. 1980 Wallpaper in America, From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. 533 p.
• Published as color plates 18-19, pp. 62-3. Discussed on p. 101.