First layer of wallpaper removed from the second floor bedroom (Parlor Chamber) of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts.Wallpaper has lost much of its pattern. Appears to be block-printed with green plaid stripes alternating with a floral pattern in gray, green, tan and brown on cream or light green ground. See associated border 1971.137.1.2.
wallpapers
fragments
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), 2nd Floor Room
1971.137.1A
Unknown
Museum Accession
1971.137.1.1
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Cream
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Plaid stripes
Flowers
Stripe
Floral
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