Unused fragment of wallpaper. Small and large sprigs of voilet flowers on a background of gray pinstripes. Sprigs are block-printed in four violets, blue, two grays, brown, and six greens. Background is roller-printed in light gray on dark gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
20 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.163
Block Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Floral
sprig
stripe
Sprig
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