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Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. The paper is block-printed in navy blue in a stylized Neoclassical design. The pattern appears to be a repeating medallion.The paper is ungrounded, handmade sheets.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Neoclassical
Wallpaper
"Alma's Cousin / Mrs. Woodward / Middleton" (in Dorothy Waterhouse's handwriting)
"1825-1835" (Dorothy Waterhouse's handwriting??)
Woodward, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Flint Farm (Middleton, MA),
Unknown
43 1/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.74
Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Block Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Medallion
Laid
Paper
medallion
flower
leaf
NeoClassical
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