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Wall covering (Dado wallpaper fragment)
1825-1835
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2004.0046.003 A-C
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Christopher Ohrstrom
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Object Number
2004.0046.003 A-C
Object Name
Wall covering (Dado wallpaper fragment)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1825-1835
Materials
- Tempera
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Woodblock
Dimensions (inches)
17.125 (H) x 35.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.498 (H) x 90.805 (W)
Measurement Notes
OH and OW of (a). Measurements of (b): OH 17.125 in. (43.5 cm); OW 4.625 in. (11.7 cm). Measurements of (c): OH 17.0 in. (43.2 cm); OW 2.9375 in. (7.46 cm). Repeat W 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.
• Dado papers are discussed on pp. 227 & 234-5. A similar dado paper can be seen with Zuber's "Eldorado" in an 1855 advertisment for Sutphen and Breed of New York; fig. 9-25, p. 219.