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Wall covering (Wallpaper fragment)
1855-1865
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Distemper
- Flocking
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
2004.0046.010
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Christopher Ohrstrom
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Object Number
2004.0046.010
Object Name
Wall covering (Wallpaper fragment)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1855-1865
Materials
- Distemper
- Flocking
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Woodblock
- Flocked
Construction Description
Continuous roll, machine-made wood fiber paper stock.
Dimensions (inches)
11.875 (H) x 11 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30.163 (H) x 27.94 (W)
Measurement Notes
OH and OW. No repeat.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lynn, Catherine. 1980 Wallpaper in America, From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. 533 p.
• Fresco papers discussed on pp. 344-59.Book: Nylander, Richard C., et al. 1986 Wallpaper in New England: selections from the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 283 p.
• Fresco papers discussed on pp. 194-8.