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Large fragment of wallpaper from either Millis or Medway, Massachusetts. Quatrefoil medallion and flower pattern. Quatrefoil figures made of scrolling leaf and flower figures printed in brown interlocks with undulating floral figures and medallion centers printed in orange. Block-printed on a peach or pink ground. Paper appears to be end-of-roll. A large semi-circle has been cut away from one side.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"Medway" (handwritten)
"Millis, Mass"
[illegible]
[crossed out handwriting] "Millbrook" (Uncertain what this refers too. Maybe the donor. Millbrook is NOT a town in Massachusetts.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
51 3/4 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.421
Block Printed
wall fragment
Peach
Original
Machine Made
Paper
quatrefoil
medallion
flower
leaves
scroll
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