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Cut sample of flocked paper. Crimson ground, with diapered patterning in gray and white, floral design in crimson flock.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
Wallpaper
Original To John Hancock House (Boston, Mass.), Drawing Room
1773
Unknown
England
20 3/4 x 21 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Worcester Historical Society
1977.109
"Wallpaper in New England" Pg. 41, photo on Pg. 103
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Flocked
Unused
Crimson
Original
Handmade
Paper
Tulip
floral
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