Parlor of the Lindell house at Salem, Massachusetts. White wainscoting and mantel surmounted by paper in squares, showing four outdoor scenes. The fire-board concealing the unused fire-place is covered with paper and border specially adapted to that purpose. PLATE XXIV. The Alhambra. Two scenes from the Alhambra Palace, repeated in somewhat monotonous rows. Still in a good state of preservation on the upper hall of a house at Leicester, Massachusetts,--one of the sea-port towns rich in foreign novelties brought home by sea captains. [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXV_ _PLATE XXVI_ PLATE XXV. Cathedral Porch and Shrine in Repeated Design. Effectively colored paper still on the walls at Ware, Massachusetts, showing a shrine in the porch of a cathedral; the repeated design being connected with columns, winding stairs and ruins. The blue sky seen through the marble arches contrasts finely with the green foliage. PLATE XXVI. Cathedral Porch and Shrine, Architectural Background. Paper on a chamber in the mansion of Governor Gore of Massachusetts, at Waltham, Massachusetts, erected and decorated in 1802. Medallion pictures in neutral colors, of a cathedral porch, shrine and mountain view, alternating on a stone-wall ground. [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXVII_ PLATE XXVII. Birds of Paradise and Peacocks. The drawing-room of the Governor Gore Mansion at Waltham, Massachusetts, bequeathed by its owner, Miss Walker, to the Episcopal Church for the Bishop's residence. The paper is still in beautiful condition, printed on brownish cream ground in the natural colors of birds and foliage. (p. 75) [Illustration] _PLATE XXVIII_ PLATE XXVIII. Sacred to Washington. Memorial paper in black and gray placed on many walls soon after the death of Washington. The example photographed was on a hall and stairway. (p. 88) [Illustration] _PLATE XXIX_ PLATE XXIX. Dorothy Quincy Wedding Paper. On the Dorothy Quincy house on Hancock Street, at Quincy, Mass., now the headquarters of the Colonial Dames of Massachusetts. It was imported from Paris in honor of the marriage of Dorothy Quincy and John Hancock in 1775, and still hangs on the walls of the large north parlor. Venus and Cupid are printed in blue, the floral decorations in red. The colors are still unfaded. (p. 65) [Illustration] _PLATE XXX_ _PLATE XXXI_ PLATE XXX. The Pantheon.