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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-273638

Description

Unused wallpaper fragment. Drooping roses on thorny stems lay atop of a background of metallic gold dots on dark cream ground. Roller-printed in two pinks, red, brown, three greens, gray and metallic gold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
Wallpaper

Inscription

"336 P B" (Letters in Bold)

Pattern No.

336

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.173

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Design Technique

Gilt

Form

unused

Ground Color

Cream

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

roses
dots

Period/Style

Floral

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