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Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Probably foliate scrolling pattern. Paper in poor condition, pattern difficult to discern. Block-printed in mint green and possibly white or gray. White ground or ungrounded. Handmade sheets of wove paper. Layer two of three.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
27 x 11 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.366.2
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.366.3
Block Printed
wall fragment
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
leaves
scrolls
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