Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. First layer of two unseparated layers of wallpaper. Pattern appears to be a floral stripe roller-printed in orange, red, browns, greens and black on gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"Pleasant St / Newburyport / Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
21 1/2 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.449.1
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
stripes
Floral Stripe
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