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Wallpaper Sample

Wallpaper Sample
ManufacturerAmerican, 1834–1982
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wallpaper Sample
Date1890–1916
PlaceEngland
MediumRoller-printed on ungrounded paper
DimensionsOverall: 21 1/2 × 22 in. (54.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.757
Non exposé

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[A.H. Davenport and Company, Boston, until 1934]; [...]; acquired by Mrs. Thomas Ellis, 1950s; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History“Pattern Repeat: Wallpaper Then and Now,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2013–March 30, 2014.
Published References A wallpaper sample in this pattern in the collection of Historic New England features a mark printed on the selvedge: "M.H. BIRGE & SONS 2604 1". See Nylander, Richard, Elizabeth Redmond, Penny J. Sander, Wallpapers in New England, (Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1986), 252.

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