Unused fragment of wallpaper. Naturalistic pattern depicting birds carrying various grasses and branches, butterflies and insects. Block-printed in yellow, orange, pink, mauve, brown, greens, grays and blues on a pale peach ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
(Manufacturer)
21 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.331
Possibly France
Block Printed
unused
Peach
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
birds
insects
butterflies
grass
branches
Naturalistic
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