Wallpaper fragment from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block or "step" pattern alternating with star or flower element. Block-printed in white, black and varnish green on blue ground.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Near Boston / Early" (handwritten)
"H G O" ?
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Stephen Robbins House,
Unknown
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.317
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.1583
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1123
Block Printed
wall fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
block
step
star
flower
chain
Geometric
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