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Two fragments of the third layer of wallpaper removed from the stairway of the cellar leading up to the dining room of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Circular swirl pattern roller-printed in yellow, blue, white on gray ground. "Wm. H. Mairs & Co. / 1836" printed in selvedge.
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), Stairway
Mairs, William H. (Manufacturer)
Museum Accession
1971.144.3
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Brooklyn (New York City, New York state) [borough]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1968.80.6.1-.2
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.141.4
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Swirl
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