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Wallpaper fragments. Geometric pattern of repeating rectangles with stylized flower or star motifs. Printed in white and black on a grey ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"FIRST ACCOUNT TAKEN/56" (stamp on verso The words are in a circle with a crown in the center. There is further handwritten inscription on verso, but it is undecipherable because it has been cut.)
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 1st Floor Room
1152
1966.466
Unknown
England
11 1/2 x 13 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.336.1A-D
Wallpaper in New England, fig. 22.2 pg. 97, p. 96-97
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number 1969.336.2-
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
rectangles
stylized oval flowers or stars
Geometric
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