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Wallpaper fragment from the Luce House in Marion, Massachusetts. Diamond shaped coffer pattern with blue centers and bead molding. Diamonds are given a three dimensional appearance with the use of light and shadow. Roller-printed in tan, brown, blue and gray on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
coffers (ceiling components)
Wallpaper
"Luce House / From First Cong. Church / Parishioners / Marion Mass - / (Mrs. Lawrence Somers / South St. / Marion Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
17 1/2 x 8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.418
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.445
Machine Printed
wall fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
diamonds
molding
shadow
three dimensional
beads
Masonry
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