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Three wallpaper fragments with pattern of interconnecting squares with quatrefoils inside. Block printed in green, white, and black on light blue ground. Duty stamp and "57" stamped on reverse. Made in squares.
wallpapers
laid paper
Wallpaper
"FIRST ACCOUNT TAKEN/57" (Black ink stamped in a circle around a crown)
Star and Square
W.P. 274
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room
1184
Unknown
England
13 3/4 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.339.1
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number 1969.339.2-
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
interconnecting squares
quatrefoils
rosettes
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