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Three partial rolls. Sphinx embellished with arabesques, separated by profile portrait bust within a circular medallion and two lionesses drinking from a fountain. Printed in orange, yellow, two blues, rose, pink, green and white.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
268
Unknown
France
6 3/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Herbert Browne
1917.155A-C
Possibly France
Title Wallpaper Border Accession Number 1925.668A-C
Block Printed
Unused
Black
Original
Handmade
Border
mythology, classicism
Laid
Paper
lioness
sphinx
arabesque
portrait
palmette
Neoclassical
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