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Wallpaper fragment from Hale House in Beverly, Massachusetts. Uppermost layer of three layers of attached wallpapers. Chinese figure paper roller-printed in yellow, olive, and dark maroon on pale yellow or off-white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Hale paper - 2 layers" / "Hale House Beverly Mass" (Note is incorrect. There are three layers.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Hale House (Beverly, MA),
Unknown
20 5/8 x 11 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.295.3
Beverly (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.295.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.295.2
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Lt. Yellow
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Chinese Figures
Dragons
palm trees
Chinoiserie
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