Wallpaper
- Object Name:
- Wallpaper
- Object ID:
- 1966.010.02
- Date:
- 1701-1725
- Description:
- Wallpaper, fragmentary pieces of medium blue, taken from Washington Chamber, Meshech Weare House, Hampton Falls, NH. Design of pale whitish scrolls and floral sprigs together with branching forms in black outline. Chalky surface. On top center on back to right edge, number of vertical, parallel lines, closely spaced, resembling a "laid" paper, but that same signature not found in other areas of sheet. Black flowers from front show through to back as lighter-colored areas. Two papermaker's stamps on back; both faint, but resemble crown surmounting small groups of characters below, reading "PAPER / JO". Vertical pattern repeat, 10.9". Horizontal pattern repeat, 12.3".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-23.4 W-47.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Fragment of wallpaper from the Washington Chamber, 1737, of the Meshech Weare House, Hampton Falls, NH, built in 1735, probably by Samuel Shaw, whose daughter Elizabeth married Meshech Weare in 1738. The marriage apparently gave him the landed property of his father-in-law and he lived in the house for the rest of his life.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine G. Little
- People:
- Weare, Meshech (1713-1786)
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