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Fragment of unused wallpaper from Centerville, Massachusetts. Renaissance Revival style pattern of interlacing strapwork. Block-printed in white, brown and blue on tan ground. Paper is affixed to and wraps around a piece of paperboard. Associated with Captain Phinney of Centerville.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Renaissance Revival
Wallpaper
"62 / 1840 / Parlor - Phinney / Centerville / Brought from overseas by / Capt. Phinney" (62 may be Waterhouse reference or index number for this pattern. 1840 is the date Waterhouse associated with manufacture. Parlor is location of paper in the house. Numbers and "Parlor" written in ballpoint, the rest (added later?) by the same hand in pencil.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Parlor
Unknown
17 1/2 x 18 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.348
Block Printed
unused
Red
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
strapwork
scrolls
Renaissance Revival
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