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Two fragments of wallpaper from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Lozenge and rosette stripe pattern. Pink and red oval lozenge figures alternate with round rosettes to form vertical stripes. A floral pattern in ochre, now barely visible, is printed between the stripes. Block-printed in pink, red and ochre on orange ground. Handmade, wove paper with high blue fiber content. Partial sheets. Layer three of four from same location.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Nantucket 1835 / 3rd paper from bottom / see pattern on back of top page" (handwritten)
"3rd from bottom / Nantucket" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
17 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.318.3AB
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.318.4
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.318.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.318.2AB
Block Printed
wall fragment
Orange
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
rosette
lozenge
medallion
floral
geometric
stripes
Medallion
Stripe
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