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Two wallpaper fragments from Middleton, Massachusetts. Rose vine and floral sprig pattern roller-printed in three greens, two blues, pink, mauve, red and orange over a gray moire stripe. The floral design imitates embroidery. The ground is satin and fades from pink to white. Stamped "Délicourt à Paris." on verso.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"Mrs. Woodward / Middleton" (Dorothy Waterhouse's provenance note on fragment A)
"1766" (Possible pattern number on Fragment A)
"Délicourt à Paris." (Manufacturer)
"D" encircled with "DEPOSE AU TRIBUNAL DE / J.D. / DE COMMERCE" (stamped)
Woodward, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Flint Farm (Middleton, MA),
Etienne Delicourt (Manufacturer)
France
25 1/8 x 9 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.83AB
1860-1870 (RC dated 1860s. Per Manufacturer Authority List, "M. Etienne Delicourt et Cie, Paris" is in operation from 1838-1859.)
Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)
Machine Printed
Polished
unused
Pink
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Rose
Sprig
Vine
Floral
Floral Stripe
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