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Fragment of block-printed wallpaper from Bourne, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes or medallions alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. Reproduced as "Eagle Hill" by Waterhouse Wallhangings.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Mr. Hayde / + Steve Hayes / [illegible] / [illegible] - Bourne dealer" (Some of text is missing. Paper it was written on has been torn away.)
"Eagle Hill - Cape Cod Canal" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
23 x 5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.956
Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Probably United States
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.735.1-.6
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.957.1AB
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Rosette
Medallion
Spring
Sprig
Medallion
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