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Unused wallpaper from the end of a roll. Vine and spring patterned wallpaper block-printed in off-white and white on a beige satin ground. The verso carries a French Register Mark.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"DEPOSE [script initials]" (Uncertain of the initials.)
"3138" (stamped)
"H.G."
"IE"
"Suggests tree of life" (Notes made by Dorothy Waterhouse)
"Good design / We might consier printing sometime" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
34 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.245
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.37
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.463
Block Printed
Polished
unused
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
sprig
rose
morning glory
phlox
vine
Floral Trail
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