Wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Floral medallion and stripe pattern. Pink and green floral medallion figures over varied black stripes on green ground. Roller-printed in metallic gold and silver, light green, two pinks, red and black on green ground. Marked "3 / 1718 / D / Janeway & Carpenter. New Brunswick. Phila. & Chicago" in selvedge. Backside of fragment is affixed to the backside of a blue floral wallaper paper with birds (see 2001.281.444.2).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
stripes
Wallpaper
"3 / 1718 / D / JANEWAY & CARPENTER. NEW BRUNSWICK. PHILA. & CHICAGO" (printed)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
22 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.444.1
United States
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Green
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flower sprigs
scrolls
medallion
stripes
Medallion
Floral
Stripe
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