Two fragments of wallpaper with an all-over scrolling foliate pattern from the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, Newbury, Massachusetts. Block-printed in ochre, blue and red on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Original To Spencer-Peirce-Little House (Newbury, Mass.), Dining Room
1986.1641.1
Unknown
1986.1943.1AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1986.1943.2
Block Printed
Wall fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized leaves
Foliate
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