Unknown American
Wallpaper Sample

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wallpaper Sample
Datec. 1880
PlaceUnited States
MediumEmbossed paper
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 × 20 in. (16.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.793
Not on view

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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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
" #112 " in pencil on verso

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