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Wallpaper

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GUSN

GUSN-272869

Description

Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Stripe patterned wallpaper roller-printed with a stylized blue and brown flower motif over gray pinstripes on white ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Mrs. Woodward / Middleton" (Dorothy Waterhouse's provenance note)

Associated Person

Woodward, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Associated With Flint Farm (Middleton, MA),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

25 1/4 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.82

Places

Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Stripe

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stipe
Floral

Period/Style

Stripe

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