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Partial roll of unused wallpaper. Diaper pattern formed by elongated lozenges with quatre-foils at the intersections and framing alternating flower heads and dotted Xs. Printed in pink, orange and black on cinnamon brown ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Gift of Waterhouse Wallhangings / Left over from papering 3rd floor middle room (with fanlight[?]) / in Otis House during Peter Cook renovation of office c 19? / room was Lynn Spencer's office at the time." (Provenance Note)
Used At Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),
A3429
Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)
37 x 23 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Waterhouse Wallhangings
2000.414
1965-1975 (Used in renovation of offices at Otis House circa 1974.)
Machine Printed
unused
Brown
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Diaper
Flower
Daisy
Quatrefoil
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