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Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern. Wide stripe with a pattern of wavy ameoba-like shapes alternate with a vertical column of four-lobed flowers. White squiggly lines and meandering vines fill recesses between stripes. Printed in three greens and white on a pale orchid ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
575
Unknown
France
13 3/8 x 19 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. Horace Morison
1932.2665
France
Title Accession Number 1932.2664
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Wavy ameoba-like lines
four-lobed flowers
stripes
meandering vines
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