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Wallpaper

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GUSN

GUSN-272783

Description

Wallpaper fragment. White floral vine pattern accented with blue and brown berry sprigs. Block-printed on machine made green paper. Straight repeat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper

Inscription

"This may have been brought home from across by a ship captain" (handwritten)

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 3/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.68

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

unused ?

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Floral Vine

Medium

Ingrain

Decor Motif

Berries
floral
vine
blueberries

Period/Style

Floral Trail

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