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Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral striped wallpaper in which the dominant white stripe alternates with a gray stripe. The white stripe is printed with a stylized floral vine on pin stripe. The design has jagged edges imitating weaving or needlework. The gray stripe is adorned with a gray floral vine. Roller-printed in two browns, two grays, mustard, black and white. Paper is either ungrounded or grounded with white and gray stripes.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Stacey" (Stacey refers to a person. Other Waterhouse Wallpapers labeled "Stacey" are identified as being from Marblehead, MA.)
" 2 Rolls / 840 / 2 Rolls / 840" (printed)
840
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
26 1/4 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.190
Possibly Marblehead (Adams county, Illinois)
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
vine
pin stripe
zig zag
Floral Stripe
Imitation textile
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