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Two unused fragments of Renaissance Revival striped wallpaper. Stripes of large-scale floral bouquets in pinks, blues, and violet with gray vases and festoons alternate with cartouches of scrolls and strapwork primarily in gray. Block-printed in gray, maroon, green, two blues, two pinks, two violets and gold on white satin ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Renaissance Revival
Wallpaper
"No numbers" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
15 5/8 x 18 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.271AB
Block Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
bouquets
cartouche
scrolls
strapwork
tulip
morning glory
rose
Renaissance Revival
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