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Wallpaper fragments with three dimensional geometric pattern of blocks (parallelopipedon) and chains printed in green and brown on green ground. Fragment [B] has an attached border of a three dimensional pattern in black and white on blue ground with orange accents. Block printed. Found underneath French scenic wallpaper panels-2010.27.1. Removed from a ca. 1800 house in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
55.2
Unknown
United States
20 3/4 x 27 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mary Ann Morse and Brooks Banker
2010.27.2A-D
Hopkinton (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire (United States)
Title "Palais-Royal" Wallpaper Accession Number 2010.27.1
Title Wall Fragment Accession Number 1973.115.1
Title Wall Fragment Accession Number 1971.187.2
Title School Book Cover Accession Number 1929.884
Title Wall Fragment Accession Number 1967.170
Title Wall Fragment Accession Number 1965.174BB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.819
Title Wall Fragment Accession Number 1985.820
Block Printed
Green
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Geometric
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