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Unused fragment of sanitary wallpaper depicting nursery rhymes with German titles. Rhymes include "Rothkappen" (Little Red Riding Hood), "Dornroschen" (Sleeping Beauty), "Der gestiefelte Karer" (Puss in Boots) and "Hansel u. Gerethel" (Hansel and Gretel). Engraved roller-print with oil colors on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
engraving (printing process)
sanitary papers (wallpaper)
Wallpaper
"Nursery paper in German - Stacey" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
22 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.383A-D
Possibly Germany
Engraved
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
children
adults
cat
hogs
ducks
throne
Sanitary
Nursery
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