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Wallpaper fragment from Wareham, Massachusetts. All-over medallion pattern. Small medallions with stylized floral centers among curling figures and small stylized flowers. Block-printed in red on ochre ground. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment is the second layer of three and is still adhered to upper and lower layers. Probably removed from the Captain John Kendrick House.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Captain John Kendrick House,
Unknown
United States
8 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.520.2
Probably United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.490
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.520.3
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
stylized flowers
medallions
Medallion
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