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Two wallpaper fragments. Modernistic or early Art Deco style large-scale floral pattern. Highly stylized floral sprigs made with geometric shapes and color blocking. Roller-printed in two reds, mustard yellow, pink, two blues, two grays, green, and black. Background patterns consist of right angles printed in gray and tan, a woven pattern in tan, and horizontal wavy lines in tan and liquid mica on gray ground. The paper is embossed with a small textile weave or screen pattern. The United Wall Paper Crafters of North America union logo is printed in the selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Match [downward facing arrow]" (printed)
"U.W.P.C. of N.A./Union Made"
"U.W.P.C. of N.A. / Union Made" (Printed in two lines. "U.W.P.C of N.A." printed over "Union Made." Logo symbol and lettering on either side of text.)
"M.10" (printed)
M.10
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Typesetter)
United States
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.228AB
Machine Printed
wall fragments
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
flowers
weave pattern
stripes
Art Deco
Floral
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