Two fragments of wallpaper from the Iron Works, Saugus, Massachusetts. Optically illusionistic three-dimensional block design with vertical lines and chains. Block-printed in black and white on a gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
geometric patterns
Wallpaper
"Early Block Pattern / found in the old house at / the Saugus, Mass. Iron / Works at the time of the / National Trust's restoration." (associated with Fragment (B))
"From first / ironworks in USA / Saugus Mass" (Fragment (B))
"Old house in / Lexington" (Fragment (A) - appears to be mislabeled by Waterhouse (see 2001.281.316))
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Ironworks House,
Unknown
United States
4 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.315AB
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.187.2
Title Accession Number 1971.187.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.316AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1123
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
block
step
chains
Geometric
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