Wallpaper fragments. Masonry paper with coffered designs. Two slightly different rosettes are placed in the centers of octagons. These alternate with star and palmette motifs. Printed in grey, two greens, black and white on a grey ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), Stairway
1156
Unknown
United States
13 7/8 x 17 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.336.3A
Wallpaper in New England, fig.32.4, p. 137-138
Possibly United States
Title Accession Number 1969.336.3b
Title Accession Number 1969.336.1-
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1969.339.3
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
coffers
rosettes
star and palmette
octagons
Masonry
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