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Board/ sheathing fragment with attached wallpaper. Stripes of brown diamonds (each diamond composed of stylized quatrefoils) alternating with stripes of pink, brown, and white floral sprigs. Cream ground. Back of board painted white.
wallpapers
boards (flat objects)
sheathing
wallpapers
wood (plant material)
paint (coating)
painting (coating)
Board
Burgess - Hampden, MA (handwritten)
1005.1
Unknown
9 9/16 (W) (inches)
Museum Accession
2014.39.1
c. 1850s (early roller printed stripe)
Machine Printed
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stripe
diamond
sprig
floral
quatrefoil
Floral Stripe
Sprig
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