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Wallpaper fragment from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Embossed, Gilt Figures framed by block-printed cartouches. Printed in dark and light gray on gray ground
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
embossed wall coverings
gilding
Wallpaper
"Dorchester / Clapp" (handwritten)
"Golds
"3" [circled] (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Clapp House,
Unknown
30 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.388
Block Printed
Gilt
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
floral
foliate
fleur de lis
cartouche
vine
Gilt Figure
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