Fragments. Nine wallpaper fragments. Overall pattern cannot be determined; however, motifs present include stylized stars, lozenges, pin dots, scrolling lines and chevrons. Block printed in white on green ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Scraps of wallpaper from the lining / of a trunk, circa 1795" (Typed label from Nina Fletcher Little, stored in object file)
Unknown
Family of Nina Fletcher Little
1994.54A-I
Block Printed
Fragment
Green
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
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