Wallpaper fragment
Datec. 1770-1810
Medium/TechniquePigment on paper
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberRP3240.004
DescriptionWallpaper fragment taken from beneath the floorboards in the Chintz Room (MAN-208) and the western end of the Yellow Room (MAN-206) during explorations of that area, during restoration of the Dining Room ceiling, in July 1992. On the obverse, the fragment features a green verditer ground.Published References1.) Susan Buck, “Cross-section Paint Microscopy Report Interior Paint Study Second-floor Chambers and Passage,” 3 June 2015, 72-73.
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c.1757-1759
c. 1797
c.1830-1850