Fragment of unused wallpaper from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed paper with geometric pattern of overlapping or stacked diamonds. Each diamond has a greek key-like element framing a stylized sprig or trefoil. Roller-printed in red, green, black, two browns and light ochre on dark ochre ground. Paper embossed and varnished after printed.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
varnish
geometric patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To 4 Wellington Street (South End, Boston, MA),
Unknown
23 1/2 x 17 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.301
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Varnished
unused
Ochre
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Machine Made
Embossed
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