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Two fragments of a wall stencil from a bedroom at Beacon Hill Castle, Newport, Rhode Island. Ovals framing scenes of birds are separated by sprays of roses. Stenciled in two grays on light tan ground painted on canvas.
stencils (images)
canvas
paper (fiber product)
paint (coating)
stenciling
Stencil
"Bedroom paper / Beacon Hill Castle / Newport R. I. / Gay nineties / Arthur Curtis James (owner)" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Bedroom
Unknown
6 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.574AB
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