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Small sample of grass cloth wall covering from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Printed with floral pattern in gray-green.
wallpapers
grass (plant material)
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Nylon papers from / lady in Haverhill" (Written on envelop addressed to Dorothy Waterhouse. Cancelled postage stamp dated Jan 11 / 3:30 PM / 1958 / Haverhill / Mass.)
"Japanese grass cloth" (Not in Dorothy Waterhouse's handwriting)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
6 1/4 x 9 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.405
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.407
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.406
unused
Original
Sidewall/Fill
Grass Cloth
floral
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