Wallpaper, 1759-[ca. 1920]

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Wallpaper, 1759-[ca. 1920]

This artificial and still open collection consists of fragments of wallpaper and designs for wall and ceiling decorations, many identified with specific houses or decorating firms. Floral designs predominate. The majority appear to be from homes in New England. Additional wallpaper fragments have been used to as book bindings, for decorative purposes, or as samples for interior decoration schemes. References to these may be found by doing a search of the catalog using the terms Wallpaper Specimens, Wallpaper Sample books, or Wallpaper Samples. Ads and trade cards for wallpaper or wallpaper hangers can be located in the appropriate collections under the term Wall hangings.

ca. 33 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325683

Winterthur Library

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