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Unused fragment of reproduction Gothic wallpaper affixed to paperboard. This scenery figure pattern is an early reproduction of an 1845 French block print depicting views of a Gothic pulpit, pier, and arches. Roller-printed in four olives, two yellows, white and light orange on a light olive ground. The American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association logo is printed in the paper's selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Gothic Revival
Wallpaper
"Early / Reproduction of Catherdral / pattern" (handwritten)
1519
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
26 1/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.237
United States
Machine Printed
unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Gothic
pillar
arches
pulpit
pier
ruins
foliage
Gothic Revival
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