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Board with tongue and groove edges and two layers of wallpaper. First (earliest) layer is a block printed floral design, printed in irise blue and brown over white on ungrounded paper. Design consists of large six-petalled flowers; each petal contains a foliate design. Around the flowers are meandering vines with flowers, berries, and possible pine cones. This paper dates to c. 1815-1825. The second paper is a machine printed floral pattern, consisting of stripes formed by alternating ogees separated by six-petalled green flowers. The ogees are formed of a brown lattice pattern overlaid with brown rose vines. Between the stripes are more green flowers on gray foliate sprigs. Green, brown, and gray on a yellow ground. This paper dates to c. 1850-1870.
wallpapers
sheathing
boards (flat objects)
wallpapers
softwood
carving (processes)
Unidentified Paper
Board
Cambridge (handwritten)
Original To Phillip Nutting House, Attic
Unknown
16.5 (W) (inches)
Museum Accession
1969.414A
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Title Sheathing Accession Number 1969.414B
Title Sheathing Accession Number 1969.414C
Title Wallpapered Board Accession Number 1969.414G
Title Wallpapered Board Accession Number 1969.414D
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1969.414E
Title Wallpapered board Accession Number 1969.414F
Original
Sidewall/Fill
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