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Two wallpaper fragments from the Captain Trask House in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Quatrefoil and rosette pattern block-printed in dark olive and green on light blue ground. Evidence of earlier and later layers of paper present.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Given me / by / Binnie Wilson / 1810" (handwritten)
"G5" (handwritten)
"Capt Trask / Manchester-by-the-Sea / Mass" (handwritten)
Trask, Richard
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Captain Trask House,
Unknown
United States
15 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.413AB
United States
Title Wallpaper attached to wallboard Accession Number 2001.281.1196AB
Title Wallpaper attached to wallboard Accession Number 2001.281.1196AB
Block Printed
wall fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
rosette
quatrefoil
flower
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