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Fragment of diaper-patterned wallpaper from Cornish, Maine. Diamond pattern formed by striated white lines and white and gray circles, give the impression of architectural molding. Each diamond frames a quatrefoil figure. Block-printed in white and two grays on light gray ground. Wove paper with visible rag fibers, partial sheets.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
diaper patterns
Wallpaper
"B6 [circled] / Cornish, Maine" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
16 1/2 x 21 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.589
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
diamonds
quatrefoil
Diaper Pattern
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