Partial roll of Renaissance Revival floral stripe wallpaper from the Clapp House, Dorchester, Massachusetts. Small climbing vines of multi-colored flowers grows up a gray vertical stripe that runs along the left side of roll. The rest of the roll is printed with gray strapwork and scrolls forming loose medallions draped with floral swags and hanging vines Block-printed in green, mauve, brown, orange, blue and gray on a white polished ground. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Renaissance Revival
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
21 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1189
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.93AB
Block Printed
Polished
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Floral
Swags
Vines
Sprig
Medallion
Stripe
Dot
Strapwork
Scrolls
Renaissance Revival
Floral Stripe
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