Fragment of striped wallpaper from the study of the Governor's Mansion, Augusta, Maine. Central stripe features eight-pointed star figure flanked by sold colored stripes, then wide stripes in the ground color with a centered stylized vine. Paper is embossed with a fine ribbed texture. Roller-printed in metallic copper, red, tan, brown and blue-green on light beige ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
stripes
Wallpaper
"In study of / James G. Blaine Museum / Augusta Maine / Governor's Mansion" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
9 1/2 x 17 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.586
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.587
Block Printed
wall fragment
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
8-pointed stars
stripes
stylized vine
Stripe
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