Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Fragment of a scenic wallpaper from Barre, Vermont. Fragment depicts a carved banister with thick foliage behind it. Block-printed in three browns, pale yellow, green and black on dark green ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"Barre, Vt. / From house where / Lafayette stayed / overnight / Base of a scenic / (See Kate Sanborn Book)" (Handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
15 3/4 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.577
France
Block Printed
wall fragment
Green
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Banister
Foliage
Scenic
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
