Wallpaper fragment from the upstairs bedroom of the Royall House in Medford, Massachusetts. Persian style floral stripe pattern. Stylized flowering vines form oval an pattern overlaid with predominately red stripes of small flowers and leaves. Roller-printed in red, green, blue, ochre and black on white ground. The paper is embossed with horizontal ribbing.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
Persian (culture)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"Royall House / Medford / Paper used in the upstairs bedroom / which is supported by the Boston Tea Party Chapter, DAR. / (where the canopy bed of Pres. Pierce is standing" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Isaac Royall House (Medford, Mass.),
Unknown
20 7/8 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.419
Machine Printed
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Persian
flowers
vines
stripes
oval
chevron
Floral Stripe
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