Wallpaper fragment. This Neo-grec style paper features black, spherical vases with gilt fretwork handles, decorated with floral sprays and garlands. Stripes are formed by twining gilt with stalk with yellow ears. Printed in yellow and black with gold dust on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),
1175
Unknown
United States
22 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.337.6A
Wallpaper in New England, fig. 50.3; p. 201-202
United States
Title Accession Number 1969.337.6B
Title Accession Number 1969.337.1-
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
vases
gilt fretwork handles
floral sprays
garlands
stripes
wheat stalks
Neo-grec
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