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Fragment of unused Gothic Revival wallpaper from Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Elaborate ashlar pattern employing shadow to create three-dimensional scrolls, beads, and block elements. Block-printed in green, black, gray and white on a light gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Wolfeboro, N. H. / Miss Robbins" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
28 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.570
Block Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Masonry blocks
beads
scrolls
Gothic Revival
Ashlar
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