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Unused fragment of sanitary wallpaper depicting nursery rhymes including "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." Engraved roller-print with oil colors on light tan ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
engraving (printing process)
sanitary papers (wallpaper)
Wallpaper
"Stacey" (Handwritten)
Stacey, Mr.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
England
23 1/4 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.382
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title German Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.383A-D
Title Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1184
Engraved
unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Nursery Rhymes
children
adults
dogs
shoe
village
bird
toys
lambs
Sanitary
Nursery
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