Unused embossed wallpaper fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Embossed pattern of foliate scrolls over hashmark background. Probably block-printed in brown with black and metallic gold highlights on dark red ground. Varnished.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
varnish
Wallpaper
"Mrs Horatio Rogers / 580 Osgood St. / No. Andover Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
11 1/4 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.452
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.453A-C
Block Printed
Varnished
unused
Red
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
foliate scrolls
flowers
hashmarks
Foliate
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