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Two fragments of striped wallpaper from Newfields, New Hampshire. Pattern imitates a striped textile. Multi-color chevron stripes alternate with stripes with highly stylized floral figures and panels similar to Persian patterns. Roller-printed in light blue, red, yellow, light green and tan on navy blue ground. Pigments are loose and powdery. Pattern printed on paper lightly embossed with a small, all-over scroll pattern.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
stripes
Persian styles
Wallpaper
"Paper found in a 200 year old / house in Newfield N.H. / now owned by the owners of Country Decorators / Exeter N. H. / (Francis ______?) / paper had been hung in early 1900's / (possibly about 1920-1930) / original owners of house - SHUTE / later occupied by a Rev. Broadhead / whose daughter married a Rev. Pike who / eventually sold to a family of Locke / from whom present owners purchased / house." (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
14 x 18 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.561AB
Probably United States
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Persian
Stripes
Chevron
Imitation textile
Stripe
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