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Wallpaper fragment from the General John Walker House in Burlington, Massachusetts. Floral striped wallpaper. Stripes of floral sprigs and leaves block-printed in green varnish, black and white alternate with narrower stripes of dots and dashes printed in white. Light blue ground. Wove paper in partial sheets. Earliest, or first, layer of two layers of paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"General John Walker House / circa 1809 - Burlington, Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To
(Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts
13 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.314.1
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.314.2
Block Printed
Varnished
wall fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
flowers
sprigs
stripes
dots
dashes
Floral Stripe
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