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Fireboard

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-177316

Description

Fragment of diaper patterned paper from fireboard. Large diamond pattern printed in light brown, smaller diamond set inside larger diamond printed in green. Pinkish-beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
fireboards (fireplace equipment)
Fireboard

Associated Building

Original To Old Jotham Bush Tavern (Boylston Center, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1038

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

27 x 15 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1968.38.2

Reference Notes

Wallpaper in New England, pg. 225.

Places

United States

Related Items

Title Accession Number 1968.38.1-4

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Fireboard

Ground Color

Pink

Type

Machine Made

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

diamond
diapered
quatrefoil

Period/Style

Diaper pattern

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