Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Ashlar pattern of three-dimensional blocks with central floral element. Blocks are separated by vertical foliate vine. Block-printed in green and white on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"No Reading / Library" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
14 1/2 x 13 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.464
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1973.103
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
blocks
flower
vine
three-dimensional
Ashlar
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