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Wallpaper border fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Geometric block or step pattern with chain element. Block-printed in black, blue and brown on ungrounded paper. Attached to sidewall paper with leave pattern (see 2001.281.450.1).
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
1 3/4 x 11 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.450.2
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.450.1
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Border
Wove
Paper
three dimensional
block
step
chain
Geometric
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