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Unused wallpaper fragment produced by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Pattern is a large-scale leaf design framing medallions of feathers tied with a bow. Block-printed in red and white on an ochre ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
wove paper
Wallpaper
"Manufactured / by / M Grant Jr & Co / No 6 Union Street / Boston" (incircled with design)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
1.1984
Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
9 1/4 x 22 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.258
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1965.159
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1930.1619
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.259
Block Printed
unused
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
plume
feather
leaf
pindots
medallion
bow
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