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Wallpaper fragment. Part of a scenic paper but these pieces have no pattern or scene -- presumably the sky. Painted on pink paper stock. Some trace of pattern on second piece.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 1st Floor Room
1155
Unknown
United States
5 5/8 x 6 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.336.2
Wallpaper in New England, p.112
United States
Title Accession Number 1969.336.1-
Hand Painted
Wall Fragment
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
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