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Wallpaper

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GUSN

GUSN-48458

Description

First layer of wallpaper from a small sample removed from the second floor bedroom (Parlor Chamber) of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Pink floral wallpaper roller-printed in pinks on a pink or light gray ground.
(This first layer is identical to the eleventh layer of sample 1971.137.11.1 taken elsewhere in the same room).

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
fragments
paper (fiber product)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1971.138.1

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.137.11.1

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Wall fragment

Ground Color

Pink

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Period/Style

Floral

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