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Fragment of medallion wallpaper from McLellan House, Gorham, Maine. Foliate medallions composed of inner pinwheel of white leaf-like figures and an outer pinwheel of green stems with leaves. Small sprigs of stylized flowers, also in green, surround each medallion. Block-printed in white and green on ungrounded, salmon-colored paper. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment is affixed to paperboard.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"First paper used in / First brick house built in Maine / McLellan House in Gorham, Me (next to college)" (Handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
20 1/2 x 18 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.590
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Ingrain
Folaite
Medallions
Sprigs
Medallion
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