Fragment of wallpaper border produced in France by Zuber et Cie. Red curtain swags with red rosettes and yellow tassels. Egg and dart border above in yellow. Block-printed in two reds, black, yellow, ochre, tan and brown. Paper beneath border appears to have a branch with pine cones and is also block-printed in browns, greens, blue, black, and reds on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)
13 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.263
1870-1880 (copyright date)
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2011.116.8
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
fabric
swag
tassel
egg and dart
shell
rosette
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