Board with tounge and groove edge and two layers of wallpaper. Broken along both edges. First (earliest) layer of wallpaper is a block printed with concave-edged diamonds and foliate vines in black and white on a blue ground. The second paper is block printed with stripes of diaper pattern, foliate vine, and stylized flowers, also in black and white on a light blue ground. See 1968.32.2 for flat samples of second paper.
wallpapers
boards (flat objects)
sheathing
wallpapers
softwood
carving (processes)
Lumber
Board
Board
Original To Parson Stephen Badger House,
1968.32B
Unknown
52 7/8 x 12 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Walter A. Peinze
1968.32.5
South Natick (Natick, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1968.32.1
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1968.32.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1968.32.2
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