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Unused fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"P. Fowler (?)/ Danvers" (handwritten)
896
Fowler House Main House,
215
Unknown
United States
13 x 9 5/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Sarah Putnam Fowler
1911.78
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 190; pg. 186, fig. 46-a, #5
United States
Title Accession Number 1978.132
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.79
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.80
Machine Printed
Unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
transportation
Paper
strapwork
rural life
globe
telescope
books
Scenery Figure
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