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Unused floral wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Allover floral sprig pattern of daisies, ferns, clover and twigs. Roller-printed in white, pink, pale yellow, ochre, red, maroon and olive on cream ground with liquid mica wash. Marked "Wm H. Mairs Co. / 2 Rolls / 1831" in selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
mica (white pigment)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Mrs. Alfred Hall / Nantucket / One of the beautiful / early houses" (handwritten)
"Wm H. MAIRS & Co. / 2. Rolls / 1831" (printed)
1831
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
13 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.443
United States
Machine Printed
unused
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
daisies
ferns
clover
twigs
Floral
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