Unused wallpaper fragment. Small and large sprigs of violet flowers on a striped moiré background. The sprigs are block-printed in four shades of violet and six shades of green. The background is printed in two shades of light gray on a white satin ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
23 1/2 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.162
Block Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Flower
Sprig
Moiré
Stripe
Sprig
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