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1952

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2014

2025

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Sidewall (England)

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1765 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper, mica. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.

Its dimensions are

260.5 x 66.5 cm (102 9/16 x 26 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Register marks on selvage. Tax stamps on the back. Mounted silk.

Cite this object as

Sidewall (England); block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper, mica; 260.5 x 66.5 cm (102 9/16 x 26 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund; 1952-52-11

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