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Fragment of foliate stripe wallpaper from the Governor Badger House, Belmont, New Hampshire. A stylized foliate stripe, with two rows of leaves growing from a vine, alternates with a field of striated diamonds with dot centers. Block-printed in brown and white on ochre ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
"Gov Badger - / Parlor" (handwritten)
"First layer - underneath / scenic by Dufour / Gov. Badger house / Belmont, N. H. / Border also" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To
Unknown
10 1/41 x 13 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.525
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.524
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
leaves
vine
diamonds
dots
stripes
Stripe
Foliate
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