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Fragments of a floral wallpaper border from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Block-printed and stenciled fruit and flower pattern in pink, red, green, black and light blue on gray ground. Border was once attached to Pillar and Arch with matching floral elements, see Clapp House wallpaper 2001.281.106.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
stenciling
Wallpaper
"early border" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Clapp House,
Unknown
1 13/16 x 27 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.386A-D
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.106
Block Printed
Stenciled
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Border
Wove
Paper
flowers
fruit
leaves
wheat
Floral
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