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Wallpaper fragment. Scrolling grapevine with fruit on a background of willow leaves. Printed in four greens and red on metallic gold ground. Embossed with pebbled texture and then varnished.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
1933
A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson
Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer)
Morris, William (Designer)
England
30 3/5 x 22 3/5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.126
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 240, fig. 68.1 "Wallpapers: An International History and Illustrated Survey," pg. 371-372, fig. 1065
1873 (year designed)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Varnished
Wallpaper
Gold
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
grapevine
grape clusters
willow leaves
Aesthetic
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