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Unused fragment of a wallpaper frieze. Scrolling, stylized foliate or damask pattern embossed on heavy paper. Roller-printed in metallic gold, metallic silver, and gray on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
"Property of / WATERHOUSE WALLHANGINGS INC. / 38 WAREHAM STREET / BOSTON, MASS.02118" ("Property of" written in ballpoint pen above Waterhouse address stamp)
"Please return to / Waterhouse Wallhangings / 38 Wareham St / Boston Mass 02118" (handwritten)
"Elegent / Embossed in gold and silver" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
(Manufacturer)
22 x 32 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.328
Probably England (United Kingdom) [country]
Machine Printed
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Freize
Embossed
Paper
leaves
damask
beads
dots
flowers
Aesthetic
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