Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style scenic figure pattern. Multiple scenic views are framed by stylized foliage. Visible scenes include swans swimming near a fountain with a gazebo in the background, two figures rowing boats past a tent-like structure with an aquaduct in the background, and a view of a large dombed buliding from a well appointed balcony. Roller-printed in maroon, yellow, light blue, peach, black, brown, olive, dark green, and blue-green on tan ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Anglo-Japanese
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
16 1/4 x 17 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.203
Machine Printed
unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
leaves
foliage
swans
rowers
aquaduct
gazebo
terrace
Dome
trellis
balcony
statue
flowers
columns
Anglo-Japanese
Scenery Figure
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