# Event Details

- **Event Name**: “The Emerson Wallpaper: From York to Mount Vernon” with Peggy Wishart and Richard Nylander
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 02:15 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Sunday, April 12, 2026
2:00 p.m. at the Old York Museum Center
$25 / $20 members

How did an expensive French wallpaper come to adorn the walls of the parlor of the Emerson family home in York, Maine in 1795? And how did it survive 230 years to be reproduced and installed in the Washingtons’ bedchamber at Mount Vernon in 2025?

Hear the complete tale of family pride, historic preservation, scholarship, and inter-organizational collaboration as told by Old York’s Research Center Director, Peggy Wishart and Curator Emeritus of Historic New England, Richard Nylander.

Samples of the original wallpaper and the new reproduction wallpaper will be available to view after the slide presentation and lecture.

Register online at: https://oldyork.org/events/lecture-the-emerson-wallpaper-from-york-to-mount-vernon-with-peggy-wishart-and-richard-nylander/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/york/the-emerson-wallpaper-from-york-to-mount-vernon-with-peggy-wishart-and-richard-nylander/200029848977906
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: York
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Old York Museum Center 3 Lindsay Rd, York, ME, United States, Maine 03909
- **lat**: 43.14433
- **long**: -70.653
- **full address**: Old York Museum Center 3 Lindsay Rd, York, ME, United States, Maine 03909

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is “The Emerson Wallpaper: From York to Mount Vernon” with Peggy Wishart and Richard Nylander being held?
  - **A:** “The Emerson Wallpaper: From York to Mount Vernon” with Peggy Wishart and Richard Nylander takes place on Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 02:15 pm to Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 02:15 pm at Old York Museum Center 3 Lindsay Rd, York, ME, United States, Maine 03909.
- **Q**: Who is organizing “The Emerson Wallpaper: From York to Mount Vernon” with Peggy Wishart and Richard Nylander?
  - **A:** “The Emerson Wallpaper: From York to Mount Vernon” with Peggy Wishart and Richard Nylander is organized by Old York Historical Society.

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