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Two matching wallpaper fragments. Large scale floral pattern of naturalistic poppies on leafy stems. Roller-printed with thin color . Visible streaking of colors. Pattern colors very faded and/or significantly changed, making it difficult to discern original shades. Appears to be printed in three greens, cream, white, two pinks, red and yellow on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Aesthetic Movement
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
40 x 17 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.220AB
Machine Printed
wall fragment
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
poppy
leaves
floral
Floral
Aesthetic
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