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Two unused wallpaper fragments. Medieval "buff varnished paper". Greek crosses in blue over green and red concentric circles on varnished buff ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.), Front Hall
1378
1969.800
L. Marcotte & Co.
Unknown
France
10 x 9 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.800AB
Wallpaper in New England; fig. 51.2, p. 204.
1860-1863 (Paper purchased in 1863)
France
Title Accession Number 1969.800C
Title Accession Number E-59
Block Printed
Varnished
Unused
Ochre
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
medieval
Paper
cross
circle
medallion
Gothic Revival
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