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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-302592

Description

Three fragments from the second layer of wallpaper removed from the second floor right rear room of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts.Stylized floral pattern roller-printed in black, red, olive, yellow on olive ground. Pattern number 2222 visible in selvedge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

2222

Associated Building

Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1968.80.2

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall fragment

Ground Color

Olive

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Decor Motif

Stylized flowers

Period/Style

Anglo-Japanese
Floral

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