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Wallpaper fragment from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts. Block-printed paper with small double lines of squares printed in off-white run diagonally in one direction and printed in dark red run diagonally in the other to form a diamond pattern. Large diamond figures with a central sprig or leaf, also printed in cream and dark red, are partially visible. Wove paper, mismatched sheets.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace,
Unknown
15 x 11 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.336
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.335A-C
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.334A-C
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.337AB
Block Printed
wall fragment
Red
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
squares
diamonds
sprig
Geometric
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