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Fragment. Wallpaper printed with abstract horizontal v-shapes and framed medallions enclosing a leaf motif. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in two greens, white and dark brown on yellow ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Samples of early wallpaper / from unidentified New England / houses. Removed during / restoration by Roy W. Baker, / Antrim, N.H. 1954." (handwritten)
Nina F. Little
Unknown
France
3 1/2 x 15 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Family of Nina Fletcher Little
1994.55.2
Block Printed
Fragment
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
medallions
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