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Pattern of undulating, serpentine lines forming symmetrical hourglass shapes. Between lines are grapevines and 3-leaf clovers. Printed in two blues, orange, black, grey and white on a blue ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Original To Short House Main House, Parlor
1650
Unknown
United States
49 3/4 x 32 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
1972.113B
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 102, 109, pg. 21 (fig. 35.5), pg. 147, fig. 35-b.
United States
Title Accession Number 1972.113c
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1972.113A
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
undulating lines
grapevines
foliage
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