Fragment of the third (last) layer of wallpaper removed from a beam in the attic ("room k") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Abstract pattern of dots roller-printed in green, red, black and liquid mica on white ground. (The same paper was the 12th layer in the entrance hall 1971.135.12).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), Attic
Unknown
Museum Accession
1971.140.3
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.135.12
Machine Printed
Wall fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Abstract
dots
Marble
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