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Two fragments. Thick stemmed vine with large leaves grow sinuously up the paper with infills of diaper patterning and dots. (Vine looks flocked.) Printed in black, white and blue on a light blue ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
583
Unknown
England
7 3/8 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Lucy Brigham
1934.407
Lynn, plates 8, p. 39, fig 3-1, p. 67, p. 53. Wallpaper in New England; p. 43. Wallpaper in America, fig 75, p. 113, similar pattern.
1765-1770 (1768 date of house)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Thick stemmed vines
diaper pattern and dots
Mock Flock
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