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Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs figures with small bell-shaped flowers are evenly spaced on a beige ground. The fragment is torn in two.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
gilding
embossed wall coverings
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Mrs. Willis G. Johnson / Hancock, N. H." (handwritten)
"RWJ"
"1/2 roll or / more of this" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
19 3/4 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.530AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.529
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.531
Machine Printed
Gilt
unused
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Floral sprigs
Gilt Figure
Sprig
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