Central Passage wallpaper fragment
Medium/TechniqueBlock-printed pigment on paper
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 7 1/4 in. x 20 1/8 in. (18.42 cm x 51.12 cm)
Other (Envelope H x W): 3 5/8 in. x 6 1/16 in. (9.21 cm x 15.4 cm)
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberRP3231.001
DescriptionThree fragments of wallpaper, taken from the Central Passage at Mount Vernon in 1898, pasted to a length of brown paper. Some of the fragments appear to consist of at least two layers. The wallpaper is printed in white and light green on a gray or neutral background, and displays elements of a neoclassical style pattern with scrolls and leafy sprigs. The first layer of the longest fragment features elements of light green, verditer color.
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c.1830-1850
c.1830-1850
c.1790-1810
c.1830-1850
c.1830-1850
c.1830-1850
