Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Floral pattern of bouquets alternating with fern sprigs. Paper is roller-printed in tan, gray-green, white and metallic gold on a white satin ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Alma's Cousin / Mrs. Woodward / Middleton" (Dorothy Waterhouse's provenance note)
"2180" (printed)
Woodward, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Flint Farm (Middleton, MA),
Unknown
27 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.85
Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Floral
Paper
floral
flower
sprig
fern
Floral
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