Scenic wallpaper fragments from Winchendon, Massacusetts. Scenery and masonry square pattern with three scenery figures, each in a separate column, alternating with masonry squares. The scenes depict a cottage by a lake with a boat, a stone bridge over a waterway with swans, and a castle above a waterway with a boat. Rosette figures decorate the centers and corners of each masonry square and are incorporated into a small stylized vine that frames each square. Roller-printed in beige, brown, maroon, two greens, white, and light blue on tan ground. Marked York Wall in selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"From old Capt. Chris Alger Farm / Winchendon / Sent me by Mrs. Emma V. Dow / Box 488. Gardner, Mass / (Rutland) / See letter in file" (handwritten)
"Mrs. Emma V. Dow / Gardner Mass / Box 488 / Send because of Yankee article" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)
York, Pennsylvania, United States
25 1/2 x 19 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.514AB
United States
Machine Printed
unused
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
masonry
pin dots
pastoral landscapes
rosettes
vines
Scenery Figure
Masonry
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