Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Five narrow strips of wallpaper from Norwell, Massachusetts. Geometric stripe pattern. A central column of small black diamonds is flanked on both sides by vine stripes in red on a pink background, vine stripes in black, then columns of diamonds and dots. Block-printed in black and red on light blue ground.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
"Original wall / paper found under / door frame in / Md. Clark's living Rm." (Small collection of wallpaper from the Clark house had been mounted on cardboard and held in place with milar held by scotch tape. Notes penciled in beside wallpaper fragments.)
"Mrs. Clifford Waterhouse thinks these are 1750" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
1/2 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.469A-E
Probably United States
Block Printed
wall fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
diamond
dot
vine
Geometric
Stripe
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
