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Wallpaper and border fragments from the Timothy Johnson House, North Andover, Massachusetts. Pillar and arch pattern paper (A) with border (B) of leaves under small arches topped with a band of beading. Block-printed in black, brown and white on a grey ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Caroline Rogers / North Andover / Paper removed to SPNEA" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Capt. Timothy Johnson House (North Andover, Mass.),
Trustees of Catherine Johnson
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.110AB
North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1926.960.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1926.960.1b
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Laid
Paper
column
pillar
scroll
beed
leaf
Pillar & Arch
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