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1945-1950
GUSN-177591
Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of vertical stripe of tall basket or urn filled with flowers alternating with floral spray. Edged wtih heart motif and stylized leaf and flower. Prints in pink, mauve, three greens, blue, yellow, grey on grey ground. Drop repeat.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Join / Trim / Birge / 1789 / Run 5 / The Marseille (printed on left selvedge: "JOIN/TRIM [up arrow}/BIRGE/1789/RUN 5/THE MARSEILLE" printed on right selvedge: "~UNION MADE~/WATERFAST/TRIM [up arrow]/DROP PATTERN/JOIN")
Union Made / waterfast / trim / drop pattern / join (printed)
The Marseille
1789
Original To Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.), Front Hall
651
1948.746
M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)
Chelsea, MA, United States
roll x 19 3/16 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1950.604.1-.3
1945-1950 (Paper installed 1950.)
New Ipswich (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.870
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
floral bouquet
urn
heart
leaf
stripe
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