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Uncut fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Fragment framed in paper matting. Matches Ceiling corner border 2001.281.248.1.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
ceiling papers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
ceiling papers
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
7 1/2 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.248.2
Title Ceiling Paper Corner Border Accession Number 2001.281.248.1
Machine Printed
Flocked
unused
Ochre
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
flowers
rosette
sprig
leaves
flocked
Ceiling Paper
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