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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-273644

Description

Unused wallpaper fragment with small scale floral stripe pattern. White stripes with gray pin dots alternate with rose sprigs and vines on liquid mica stripes. Roller-printed in two pinks, mauve, red, three greens, gray, white and liquid mica on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
stripes
mica (white pigment)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"BRITISH MADE / RD NO - 625539" (between Made and RD is a sideways S / RD NO = registry number)

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

11 1/2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.178

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

stripe
pin dot
dot
rose
mica

Period/Style

Floral Stripe

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