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Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern. White stripes with floral sprays alternate with a blue stipe with small sprigs. Roller-printed in white, blue, black and brown on ungrounded paper. Paper is unevenly matched and is patched in two places. Uppermost layer of three unseparated layers.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
29 x 13 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.448.3
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
sprays
sprigs
flowers
leaves
vines
buds
stripes
Floral Stripe
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