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Wallpaper fragment from the Piazza room of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Collected as part of a wallpaper restoration project taking place at the property in 1967-1968. Diamond patterned paper in which pattern and background printed with small dashes giving the pattern a great deal of texture. Possibly intended to imitate woven textile or worked leather. Roller-printed in black and dark red on red ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
geometric patterns
Wallpaper
"Piazza Room / The Wayside / Concord Mass / 20 1/4" wide" (handwritten)
"Piazza Room / 13 Rolls" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To The Wayside,
Unknown
15 1/2 x 20 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.357
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.356AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.358
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.359
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.360A-C
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.361
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Red
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
diamonds
Geometric
Imitation textile
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