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Fragment of Australian "Mexatin" brand wall covering once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Imitation silk damask with embossed moiré stripe pattern in burnt orange. Surface may be thin fabric bonded to paper backing.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"METAXIN / YORICK" (Square logos on either side of text)
Yorick
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
20 1/2 x 22 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.144
Describes another Metaxin paper from A.H. Davenport stock.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1981.104
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.848
unused
Orange
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Damask
Embossed
Metaxin
stripe
damask
textile
Moiré
Damask
Textile
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