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Two fragments of the first layer of wallpaper removed from a beam in the attic ("room k") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Scrolling floral pattern roller-printed in pale yellow, white, pale green and outlined in dark olive on cream ground. (Same paper found in the Southeast bedroom, 1971.137.9).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), Attic
Unknown
Museum Accession
1971.140.1
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Machine Printed
Wall fragment
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Scrolls
Flowers
Floral
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