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1974

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2015

2025

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Sidewall

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1840–60 and we acquired it in 1974. Its medium is block-printed on handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Newport Historical Society.

Its dimensions are

34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sidewall; block-printed on handmade paper; 34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Newport Historical Society; 1974-24-1-a,b

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