Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Sprig and vine pattern copied from a high quality French paper (see related objects). Block-printed in gray and green on white ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"No Reading / library" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
11 3/4 x 15 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.463
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.37
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.245
Block Printed
wall fragment
White
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
vine
flowers
sprig
Floral Trail
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