This frieze was discovered in the front parlor of
a Greek Revival farmhouse in Schuylerville New York, along with
Adelphi's Vine and
Paisley pattern and the Greek
Key Border. All three papers were printed by Jacquemart et
Bernard. The frieze demonstrates a return to less abstract, more
organic motifs typical of French papers in the 1820s and 1830s.
In the Schuylerville installation, the frieze was
printed directly over the paisley pattern of the sidewall paper. This
technique was often used in highly refined French papers, as well as in
papers produced by French émigré printers like Virchaux, who worked in
Philadelphia in the 1810s.
Adelphi can provide the frieze separately, on a
plain ground as it is pictured here, or on the Vine & Paisley
pattern, as in the original.
Repeat 18 inches
Width 63⁄8 inches