Unused end of a roll of French wallpaper. Large-scale lozenge pattern with anthemion figures. Block-printed in metallic gold, tan, light and dark brown on brown ground. Stamped ""2404.X" and "N&S" on verso.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"2404.X / N&S" (Pattern number and manufacturer?)
2404.X
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
39 1/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.329
France
Block Printed
unused
Brown
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Anthemion
lozenge
Diaper Pattern
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