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Fragment of the fifth (last) layer of wallpaper removed from the stairway of the cellar leading up to the dining room of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Flower and scroll wallpaper roller printed in light green, pink, white, red and liquid mica on red ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), Stairway
1971.144.5A
Unknown
Museum Accession
1971.144.5.1
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1971.144.5.2
Machine Printed
Wall fragment
Red
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Flowers
Scrolls
floral
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