Unused fragment of wallpaper. Sprigs of red roses and small violet flowers alternate with bouquets of pink and violet flowers. Block-printed in five pinks, two reds, two violets, four greens and gray on a gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
18 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.164
Block Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
rose
flowers
sprig
Sprig
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