Unused fragment of wallpaper with a simple leaf pattern from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Foliate sprigs block-printed in metallic gold on beige ground. Fragment is the end of a roll.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
"Gov. Bradford / home. / Kingston, N. H." (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Governor Bradford House,
Unknown
22 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.539
Block Printed
unused
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Falling leaves
Foliate Sprig
Foliate
Sprig
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