Three fragments of striped wallpaper from the General John Walker House, Burlington, Massachusetts. Sprig, cattail and ribbon stripes block-printed in black and white on blue ground. The wallpaper is printed on blue ingrain paper in partial sheets. Fragment [C] was used to make the reproduction wallpaper pattern "General John Walker" by Waterhouse Wallhangings. See 2001.281.598 for pattern transparency created by Surflex Roller Co. Ltd. 2001.281.598.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
Walker, John, Gen., 1762-
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To General John Walker House (Burlington, MA),
Unknown
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 x 32 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.314.2A-C
Probably Burlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.314.1
Title Wallpaper Design Transparency Accession Number 2001.281.958
Block Printed
wall fragment
Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Ingrain
cattails
ribbon
sprigs
stripes
bow knot
ogee
Stripe
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