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Wallpaper fragment. A wallpaper with a pattern probably produced by a hand turned machine employing a narrow roller. Paper has a striped pattern made up of thin vertical white stripes, a blue moiré stripe, and a more elaborate stripe consisting of horizontal striping over a blue scrolling floral motif. Roller-printed in white, blue and brown on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
19 3/8 x 11 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.50
Machine Printed
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stripe
Moiré
Stripe
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