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Board fragment with wallpaper fragments on both sides. Side one features a remanant of a floral vine and stripe in red, green, and grey on a white ground; side two features an allover meandering ivy vine in green and grey on white ground. One edge of the board is broken; the other has a groove. From the third floor ell chamber of the Harrison Gray Otis House.
wallpapers
boards (flat objects)
sheathing
wallpapers
softwood
carving (processes)
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.),
1969.342
Unknown
55.5 x 8.25 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.342.7
1830-1840 (meandering vine paper; vine and stripe paper dates to c. 1850-1860)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1969.342.6
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1969.342.5
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