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Curtain Paper (USA)

This is a Curtain paper. It is dated 1870–1880 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is block-printed, gauffre paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Roger Mac Laughlin.

Its dimensions are

86 x 72 cm (33 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Curtain Paper (USA); block-printed, gauffre paper; 86 x 72 cm (33 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.); Gift of Roger Mac Laughlin; 1961-166-1

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