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This made-to-match wallpaper border continues the C-scrolls, gnarled twigs and scrolling foliage of the sidewall. An added motif is the lattice work or diaper pattern. Printed in two beiges, brown, white and green on an off-white, satin ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
1688
Unknown
France
9 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Merlin Acomb
1973.111B
"Wallpaper in New England," Pg. 190-191, fig. 47.1
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1973.111A
Block Printed
Polished
Wallpaper
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
gnarled branches
scrolling foliage
diaper pattern
acanthus leaves
C-scrolls
Rococo Revival
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