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Fragment of ribbon and bow wallpaper border from the Stephen Robbin's House in Lexington, Massachusetts. Block-printed in two mauves, two greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Stephen Robbins / house" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Stephen Robbins House,
Unknown
8 x 3 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.412
United States
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1917.1583B
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1917.51A-C
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.468.2A-E
Block Printed
unused
Blue
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
Ribbon
bow
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