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Partial roll (A) and fragments (B and C) of Japanese Leather Paper from the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale embossed pattern of lush fruits, flowers, vines, birds and ogee ribbon. Stenciled in red with gold ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"Beautiful Japanese embossed which arrived in U.S.A. in 1850's" ((date is incorrect))
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Probably Rottman & Co. (Importer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
36 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.137A-C
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Stenciled
unused
Gold
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Japanese Leather
fruit
flowers
bird
grapes
apples
vine
ogee
pomegranutes
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