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Two wallpaper fagments. [A] Neoclassical figural medallion. Female figure with basket of flowers and billowing mantle in two pinks, rose and white, surrounded by floral wreath in two greens and two blues. Drop repeat. [B] Border. Floral stripe pattern. Block printed in brown, two pinks, and white on pink ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Fowler House Main House, Front Hall
598
1935.838
Unknown
France
18 3/4 x 15 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1935.838AB
"Wallpaper in New England," frontispiece, rear cover, p. 125, fig. 28.1 McClelland, "Historic Wall-Papers," p. 275
France
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
classicism
Laid
Joined sheets
Paper
figure
basket of flowers
Neoclassical
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