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Used wallpaper fragments. Narrow border pattern of circular sun motifs alternating with stylized, floral sprigs. Prints in grey, black and white on yellow ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
859
Unknown
England
1 5/8 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Woodbury Langdon
1966.2138B
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 55, Fig. 6.2
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.2138A
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
floral
sprig
sun with rays
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