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Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale stylized palmette and floral pattern. Roller-printed in brown, orange, and green on yellow ground. Embossed with numberous small geometric patterns.
wallpapers
embossed wall coverings
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
42 3/4 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.128
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
Yellow
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
palmette
flower
floral
circles
squares
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