Fragment of multiple wallpaper layers removed from Front Hall of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. The third layer of wallpaper (see 1971.135.3), fourth layer of wallpaper and border (see 1971.135.4.1-.2) and the ninth layer of wallpaper (see 1971.135.9) are visible.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.), Front Hall
Unknown
Museum Accession
1971.135.13
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Walllpaper Accession Number 1971.135.4.1
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.135.4.2
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.135.3
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.135.9
Wall fragment
Original
Paper
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