Fragment of arcade wallpaper from Barre, Vermont. Large Neo-classical column, probably part of an arcade wallpaper. Block-printed in white, three grays, pale yellow, ochre, two browns, black, blue, blue-green, and dark green on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Neoclassical
Wallpaper
"From Mr. Steele" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
36 3/4 x 8 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.578
Probably France
Block Printed
Wall fragment
White
Original
Handmade
Border
Wove
Paper
Column
Quatrefoil
Palmette
NeoClassical
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