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Unused sample of Nursery paper. Pattern consists of nine vignettes of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Jack and Jill." Prints in two greens, red, light blue, yellow, pink, tan on ivory ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
3406
Unknown
France; United States
29 5/16 x 18 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
2000.1423b
Possibly France
Possibly United States
Block Printed
Unused
Ivory
Original
Sidewall/Fill
nursery rhymes, childhood
Paper
Jack and Jill
Little Bo-Peep
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid?
When I Was a Farmer Boy
Mulberry Bush
maidens
lamb
cows
nursery rhymes
Nursery
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