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Uncut roll of wallpaper border, plus two partial rolls. Neoclassical design with vertically connected elements: urn; Roman coin; lions drinking; and Roman sphinx alternating with arabesques. Printed in red, blue, yellow, and white on a black ground. French.
wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Gift of Herbert Browne / 27 June 1923 (handwritten on verso: "Gift of Herbert Browne/ 27 June 1923")
516
Unknown
France
6 13/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of Herbert Browne
1925.668A-C
Probably France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.155
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1917.155A-C
Block Printed
Roll
Black
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
arabesques
sphinx
coin
lions
urn
Neoclassical
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