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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1865-1875

GUSN

GUSN-272994

Description

Wallpaper fragment that is in two pieces, from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Striped pattern with green floral sprig. Roller-printed in three grays, two greens and brown on gray satin ground. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Green floral glazed gray - Stacey" (Dorothy Waterhouse note)
"681 / Yar(?)" (printing unclear, word may be "Yard")

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 3/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.97AB

Places

Possibly Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Design Technique

Polished

Form

unused

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stripe
sprig
floral

Period/Style

Stripe

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