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Wallpaper fragments. Wallpaper printed with all over geometric design of three-dimensional cubes with chained sides and floral/star motifs on the faces. Block printed in brown, white and black on a blue ground.
Two fragments are present in layers with other papers: the first (A) with 2000.1669.2A and 2000.1670A; the second with 2000.1669.2B and 2000.1670B.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Unknown
Boston, Massachusetts
2000.1669.1AB
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.1583
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2000.1670AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.1669.2A-D
Block Printed
Fragment
Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
cubes
stars
Geometric
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