Wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Paper appears to have been used as the cover of a journal. Marks indicating a hand sewn binding run down the middle of the fragment. Wallpaper has a large-scale grape vine pattern. Block-printed in violet and black on white ground on wove paper.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Grant" (Upper edge of Grant wallpaper manufacturer's stamp. Circled)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
9 1/6 x 11 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.260
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Block Printed
journal cover
White
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
grapes
vine
pindots
leaves
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