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IL: Here is some info about the wallpaper: https://www.historicnewengland.org/e...ct/?gusn=56877
It is a wonderfully quirky property; I love so much about it. It's well worth a visit if you are ever in the area of Gloucester, MA as well as the nearby Hammond Castle.
It might be a trip for IL, but if I ever am near Boston, I'll definitely make a side trip to this house!! I love the description of the process of paperhanging in that room--"A polyhedral nightmare." That's great! Reminds me of my first wallpapering experience in our first apartment after we married. The bathroom was old, and had all the quirks and slants of a Victorian house, complete with clawfoot tub. So, what did I choose to paper it with? A faux-Delft tile pattern. It truly was a nightmare trying to line up the squares against the walls that had settled and work with the angles everywhere.

That was a case of "live and learn" for me. Match the paper to the walls. OTOH, that wallpaper in the Gloucester house was done absolutely beautifully.