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Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard. Anglo-Japanese style pattern made up of blocks in varying sizes. Each block contains a a different stylized flower with foliage. Pin dots, spider webs, greek keys and other geometric designs are employed as backgrounds and to frame the boxes. Roller-printed in yellow, blue, red, cream and olive on black ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"483 N 1 / A.W.P.M.A." (pattern number, print run number 1, American Wall Paper Manufacturer Association)
"Property of WATERHOUSE WALLHANGINGS, INC. / 38 WAREHAM STREET / BOSTON, MASS. 02118" ("Property of" is handwritten, the rest of the text is a stamp)
"Phinney" [?] (uncertain of the word and what it refers to (pattern name, original donor name, location??))
483
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
18 1/2 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.66
Machine Printed
Black
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Flowers
Floral
Foliage
Anglo-Japanese
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