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Fragments of a French wallpaper from New Hampshire. Neoclassical pattern featuring a cherub in front of a gazebo with festoons and sprays of roses. Block-printed in black, white, olive, red, and blue on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment B includes a border fragment with a pattern of repeating arches or medallions printed in the same colors as the sidewall. Reproduced as "The Gazebo" by Waterhouse Wallhangings.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Neoclassical
Wallpaper
"A little abandoned home just beyond Hollis, N. H. -- 1700's" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
15 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.533A-F
France
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Cherub
Roses
Festoon
Gazebo
NeoClassical
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