Two cut samples (A and B) of French wallpaper border. Grisaille foliage plasterwork bordering eliptical and octagonal panels of reclining nudes alternating with arabesques. Printed in three greys, turquoise, two pinks, rose, green, blue, yellow, ochre, black and white on grey ground. See also 1917.153C unused partial roll of same paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
266
Unknown
Holland
10 1/8 x 28 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Herbert W. C. Browne
1917.153AB
Holland (Netherlands) [historical region]
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1917.153C
Block Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Handmade
Border
music, allegory of music, muse
Laid
Joined Sheets
Paper
arabesques
nudes
piper
muse
sheet music
dragon
Neoclassical
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