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Rolled fragment of wallpaper with Neoclassical-style tile pattern. Pattern of squares, or tiles, printed with female figures in classical garb with musical instruments. Figural tiles alternate with tiles depicting a harp. Block-printed in white and gray on light blue ground. Printed on heavy-weight paper then embossed and varnished. The varnish has yellowed the pattern so that it now appears to be yellow printed on green ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
block printing (relief printing process)
Neoclassical
Wallpaper
"Victorian - mid 19th century / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers"
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
18 3/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1066
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1961.362
Block Printed
Varnished
Unused
Lt. Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Classical Figures
Musical Instruments
Harp
Tiles
NeoClassical
Tile
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