Three unused fragments of floral stripe wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. Primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polished white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Glazed stripe" (handwritten)
"New Boston N. H. / 8 [circled]" (Handwritten)
"630 / 16. Yards" (Pattern number and yards per roll?)
630
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
36 1/2 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.559A-C
Probably United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1192
Machine Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Flowers
Grasses
Stripes
Floral Stripe
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