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Narrow wallpaper border fragments Attached to sidewall 1969.337.1A. Floral pattern with tulips, roses, daisies and meandering foliage. Bands of mouldings on top and bottom of border. Printed in red, pink, white, yellow, two greens, two blues, black and ochre on an unground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room
1167
Unknown
England
2 5/8 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.337.1C
Wallpaper in New England, fig 22.1, pgs. 95-96
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number 1969.337.1
Title Accession Number 1969.337.1b
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.1032
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
floral (roses
tulips
daisies)
mouldings
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