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Two fragments of unused gilt-figured wallpaper aquired in Chatham, Massachusetts. Vines with large leaves and trios of small flowers grow up a straight rod forming narrow stripes that alternate with floral figures. Pattern is embossed and gilded on a gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
gilding
embossed wall coverings
stripes
Wallpaper
"Chatham / Atkins?" (written on both fragments)
"13" (Circled. Waterhouse inventory or pattern number?)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
11 3/4 x 18 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.352AB
France
Machine Printed
Gilt
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
vine
leaves
flowers
Gilt Figure
Stripe
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