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Photograph of "Gore Place" wallpaper used in the dining room of Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts. Wallpaper was a French block-printed paper dating from 1780-1810 and was later reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. It is not known if photograph is of original wallpaper or the reproduction. Photograph is in grays and white; however, several flowers and leaves on one edge have been hand-colored.
photographic prints
wallpapers
photograph components
Print, Photographic
Gore Place
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Gore Place (Waltham, Mass.),
Unknown
United States
25 3/4 x 18 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.746
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
United States
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.745.1-.5
Title Proof Accession Number 2001.281.747
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.877.1-.3
Photograph
Photo
Sidewall/Fill
flowers
roses
morning glories
pin dots
Floral
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