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Wallpaper fragments. Long, narrow fragment of floral pattern paper. Block-printed with Irisé technique in pale yellow or white, light blue, and dark blue. Ground appears to be gray. Length indicates this may be a bandbox paper or border.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
6 1/4 x 44 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.214A-D
Block Printed
Irise
wall fragment or bandbox
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Paper
floral
Floral
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