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Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Badly deteriorated floral wallpaper. Pattern is difficult to discern but a small fragment protected by the overlap of another piece of paper reveals original bright green leaves, red striping, and pale pink flowers and dots on a bright yellow ground. Block-printed on sheets of wove paper. Layer one of three.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Cotuit" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
7 1/2 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.366.1AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.366.3
Block Printed
wall fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
flowers
leaves
pinstripes
dots
Floral
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