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Wallpaper fragment. Allover diaper pattern. Within each lozenge are flowers enclosed by diamonds. Each lozenge is joined by rosettes. Printed in beige and cream on an off-white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
"Paper from 3rd floor right front room as you face the house/put on around 1930 when it was EFA's office/paper bought at Gregory + Brown Co., Boston." (handwritten on verso by Richard Nylander)
Original To Harrison Gray Otis House, First House (Boston, Mass.), 3rd Floor Room
Gregory & Brown Co.
Unknown
21 1/2 (W) (inches)
Museum Accession
2000.383B
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2000.383A
Machine Printed
Wall Fragment
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
rosettes
Flowers
Foliage
Diaper Pattern
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