Unused wallpaper fragment. Large scale diaper with enclosed sprig pattern is made more complex by Greek key diagonals defining foreground diamonds and hatchmark diagonals defining background diamonds. The result is an overall argyle pattern. Roller-printed in orange, brown, gray, two blues, three greens, red and three pinks on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
diaper patterns
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
20 3/4 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.221
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
greek key
rose
diamond
argyle
sprig
bouquet
Diaper Pattern
Sprig
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