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Fragment of wallpaper once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Pattern of birds pearched on trailing oak tree branches among leaves and acorns. Block-printed in greens, blues, browns, pinks, yellow and gray on white satin ground. Straight match.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States; France
29 3/8 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.147
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
United States
Possibly France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1981.138
Block Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
birds
oak
leaves
acorn
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