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Small fragment of damask-patterned wallpaper. The wallpaper was chosen by John Quincy Adams for use in the formal sitting room of the "Old House," part of the Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. The paper has a dense floral swag and foliate scrolls pattern with hanging cord and tassel figures. Block-printed in yellow and peach on ungrounded ochre paper. The wallpaper is an American adaptation of a Jean-Baptiste Reveillon design. The pattern was reproduced in the 1970s by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Vassal Adams House."
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Old House, Quincy, MA (Adams National Historic Park),
Adams National Historical Park (National Park Service)
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
7 1/2 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.963
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
United States
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.774
Block Printed
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Ingrain
Flowers
Scrolls
Foliate
Damask
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