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Medallion and vine stripe wallpaper from Nashua, New Hampshire. Block-printed in blue on pale pink ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
"No 1" ("No 1" may refer to first layer of wallpaper from this location. "18th century" is a note in Dorothy Waterhouse's handwriting.)
"18th century" (handwritten)
"#11 - From Nashua, N. H." (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
10 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.557
United States
Block Printed
wall fragment
White
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Stylized Vine
Medallion
Rosette
Medallion
Stripe
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