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Striped wallpaper fragments from Wareham, Massachusetts. Pattern with six different stripes of small, stylized flower and vine figures. Block-printed in white, orange, and red on ochre ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. First layer of three probably removed from the Captain John Kendrick House during restoration in the mid-1970s. Fragment B still affixed to upper layers.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Captain John Kendrick House,
Unknown
United States
8 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.520.1AB
Probably United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.520.3
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
stylized flowers
stylized vines
stripes
Stripe
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