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Wall covering (Wallpaper)
1800-1810
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1970.1436.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1970.1436.001
Object Name
Wall covering (Wallpaper)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1800-1810
Subject(s)
- Allegory
- Mythological
- Landscape
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Woodblock
Dimensions (inches)
33.5625 (H) x 19.375 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
85.249 (H) x 49.212 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements of numbered panel. H at left. W at bottom. Individual sheet H: 15.6875 in. (39.85 cm). Individual sheet W: 18.75 in. (47.6 cm). Repeat W: 37.5 in. (95.25 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lynn, Catherine. 1980 Wallpaper in America, From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. 533 p.
• See pp. 262-3 and figs. 12-4 - 12-14, pp. 278-81.Book: Nylander, Richard C., et al. 1986 Wallpaper in New England: selections from the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 283 p.
• See no. 26, pp. 118-22.Book: McClelland, Nancy Vincent & Clouzot, Henri. 1924 Historic Wall-Papers: from their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery. 458 p.
• For illustrations of similar papers with New England provenances, see pp. 262-3 and color plate opp. p. 276.