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Wallpaper fragment from Osterville, Massachusetts. An overall foliate pattern is formed by large-scale leaf-like figures framing floral sprigs on pinstripe background. Roller-printed in blue and white on ungrounded paper. Fragment is affixed to paperboard.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"In attic on beams / Osterville / Antique Shop / Mrs. Birtwhistle" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
24 x 16 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.346
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.345
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
leaf
flower
sprig
stripes
Foliate
Sprig
Stripe
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