Wallpaper fragment. First layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Bamboo and drapery pattern printed in white, orange, black, and blue on ochre ground.
wallpapers
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Drapery and Bamboo
Original To Pierce-Hichborn House, 1st Floor Room
Possibly Moses Grant, Jr. & Co.
Gift of Charles R. Strickland
1967.166.1.1
Wallpaper in New England, page 112, note 6
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.168
Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1967.210
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1967.184
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.462B
Block Printed
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
bamboo
drapery
cording
floral
Drapery
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