Wallpaper fragment from East Pepperell, Massachusetts. Medallion pattern block-printed in white on ungrounded, blue rag pulp paper.
wallpapers
wove paper
rag paper
block printing (relief printing process)
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"East Pepperel, Mass." (handwritten)
"G14 / B11 [circled]" (G14 written in ballpoint pen, crossed out in pencil. B11 written and circled in pencil.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
13 x 23 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.393
Probably United States
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Ingrain
flower
Medallion
spirals
Medallion
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