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1968

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Sidewall (England)

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1785–99 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is block-printed on handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society.

Its dimensions are

35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

a) bears portion of English tax stamp, lower portion of monogram.

Cite this object as

Sidewall (England); block-printed on handmade paper; 35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society; 1968-66-3-a/e

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