Two fragments of diaper patterned wallpaper from the John Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Small-scale diamond pattern roller-printed in white and blue on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
diaper patterns
Wallpaper
"John Wing house / Sandwich Mass / duplicate / Ricket Blue / 1840" (handwritten)
"Sandwich Mass / John Wing house" (handwritten)
"1825-1835 / Diamond Pattern / Paper itself is background color / over all repetitive pattern / rag pulp paper / John Wing Hse / oldest house in Sandwich Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To John Wing House (Sandwich, MA),
Unknown
United States
12 1/2 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.491AB
Sandwich (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.490
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.493
Title Wallpaper attached to wallboard Accession Number 2001.281.1200AB
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Machine Made
Diaper Pattern
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