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Three wallpaper fragments from the Louisa May Alcott House in Concord, Massachusetts. Floral sprig and diamond pattern paper. Naturalistic floral sprigs are framed by thin lined diamonds with a background of pindot stripes. Roller-printed in white and dark gray on gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
diaper patterns
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"29" (circled) (handwritten)
"Louisa May Alcott house / Upper bedroom / May's room. Put up by the girls themselves / Blue strip pasted at top / Some of wall has original drawerings" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Orchard House (Concord, Mass.),
Unknown
14 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.355A-C
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flower
baby's breath
sprig
diamond
pindot
stripe
Sprig
Diaper Pattern
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