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Wallpaper fragment (A) with attached border (B). Sidewall paper (A) is block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and white on ochre ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets. Small fragment of the paper's border (B) remains attached at the upper edge of the paper. Visible is a bead pattern along the lower edge with possible knotted swag above. The border is block-printed in black, orange, two browns and blue on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
laid paper
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
31 1/4 x 17 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.256.1AB
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Ochre
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Rosette
Flowers
Damask
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