Wallpaper fragment from the Trefrey House in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Diamond shaped coffer pattern with blue centers and bead molding. Diamonds are given a three-dimensional appearance with the use of light and shadow. Roller-printed in tan, brown, blue and off-white on gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
coffers (ceiling components)
Wallpaper
"From 3rd floor room / Trefrey house built 1774 / 33 Federal St / Newbury port Mass / (Newburyport)" (written in red ink then overwritten in blue)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
3rd Floor Room
Unknown
21 x 9 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.445
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.418
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Paper
diamonds
beads
coffer
molding
three dimensional
Masonry
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