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Wallpaper fragments. Black and white pin dot and strapwork design in quatrefoil pattern with leafy center. Block printed on dark blue ground.
wallpapers
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Gothic (Medieval)
Wallpaper
Original To Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.), Parlor
Unknown
Probably England
13 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.585.2AB
Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1977.585.2C
Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1977.585.3
Title Wallpaper border fragment Accession Number 1977.585.3A
Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1977.585.4
Title Wallpaper Fragments Accession Number 1977.585.5AB
Title Wallpapered Board Accession Number 1977.585.1
Block Printed
wall fragment
Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Gothic
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