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Board with tounge and groove edge and several layers of wallpaper. Broken along edge that once had groove. First (earliest) layer of wallpaper is a block printed with concave-edged diamonds and foliate vines in black and white on a blue ground. The second paper is block printed with stripes of diaper pattern, foliate vine, and stylized flowers, also in black and white on a light blue ground. The third paper is an allover block print floral and foliate pattern in teal green on ungrounded paper. See 1968.32.2 and 1968.32.3 for flat samples of second and third papers.
wallpapers
sheathing
wallpapers
softwood
carving (processes)
Lumber
Board
Board
Original To Parson Stephen Badger House,
A846
1968.32a
Unknown
11 1/4 x 52 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Walter A. Peinze
1968.32.1
South Natick (Natick, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1968.32.5
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1968.32.2
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1968.32.5
Block Printed
Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
diamond
foliate
vine
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