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Unused wallpaper fragment from the Standish House in Dighton, Massachusetts. Repeating geometric stripes with stylized star or flower pattern are separated by eight pin dot stripes. Roller-printed in metallic gold on gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
stripes
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
"Original Parlor Paper / used in house built by Thomas D. Standish in 1849 - / next to Berkley [?] Bridge / now 14-16-18 Center St. Dighton, Mass. / Granfather of / Mrs. Mary Standish Miller / Segreganset, Mass." (written by Mrs. Mary Standish Miller)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To
Unknown
16 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.384
Machine Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
geometric
flower
star
pin dots
Stripe
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