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Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of scrolling foliage forming a cartouche and framing roses in a tapered urn. On ribbed paper. Printed in two grays and taupe on a white ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.), Parlor
1778
Unknown
United States
34 3/8 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.585.5AB
1895-1900 (1900 - year Wheelers bought house)
United States
Title Accession Number 1977.585.1-
Title Wallpaper Fragments Accession Number 1977.585.2AB
Machine Printed
Wall Fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
ribbed
Paper
arabesques
tapered urns
roses
scrolls
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