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Twenty-six fragments of wallpaper and four border fragments that once formed the third, or uppermost, layer of decorative papers applied to a fireboard. The wallpaper (A) is a large-scale diaper pattern with stylized floral element in each diamond and quatrefoils at the intersection of diagonals. The wallpaper is roller-printed in two greens, brown and white on ungrounded paper. The wallpaper is framed on all four sides by a floral border (B) of stylized roses and phlox. The border is roller-printed in pink, white, green, blue and brown on gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
diaper patterns
Wallpaper
"3rd (top) paper on fireboard" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
32 1/2 x 36 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.250.3AB
Title Fireboard Print Accession Number 2001.281.250.2
Title Fireboard Accession Number 2001.281.250.1
Machine Printed
fireboard
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Paper
diamond
quatrefoil
Diaper Pattern
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