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Wall covering (Wallpaper fragment)
1810-1820
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2004.0046.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Christopher Ohrstrom
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Object Number
2004.0046.002
Object Name
Wall covering (Wallpaper fragment)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1810-1820
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Woodblock
Construction Description
Paper made of linen; hand-joined.
Dimensions (inches)
17.25 (H) x 19.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.815 (H) x 50.165 (W)
Measurement Notes
OH and OW. Repeat could not be determined. 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.