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Three unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern of meandering rose branches with large blooms and buds. Printed in three greens, two reds, pink, lavender, white, tan, and brown on a brown ground. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"2278-2476" (retailer's stamp)
"THIS FRENCH HAND-BLOCKED WALLPAPER IS PRINTED / IN TEMPERA PAINT. BEFORE GLAZING THIS PAPER, IT IS / NECESSARY TO APPLY TWO COATS OF GLUE SIZE OR GELATIN"
(stamped)
"MADE IN FRANCE FOR / NANCY McCLELLAND INC."
"RC a Paris / Made in France" (manufacturer's mark)
"80.102.24" (F.I.T. ACCESSION NUMBER)
Branche d'Eglantier
296
80.102.24
Mauny (Manufacturer)
France
24 5/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
1999.159A-C
1980s
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1999.160A-C
Block Printed
unused
Brown
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
rose
branch
Meandering
Floral
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