Wallpaper fragments removed from the Harris Gray Otis House. Nursery paper. Engraved scenes of figures and animals in imitation of toile. Scenes are framed by scrolling acanthus leaf festoons and grape vine arbors.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),
Unknown
Museum Accession
2000.1660A-D
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
toile
monkeys
cow
sheep
ducks
horse
birds
festoons
classical
figures
putti
goddess
acanthus leaf
Nursery
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