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Large fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Original To Elmwood,
843
Unknown
United States
Gift of Harvard College
1965.7.1B
178701790 (1787 - Year house was sold to Elbridge Gerry)
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1965.7.2A
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Floral trail
twisted column
Floral Stripe
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