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Unused wallpaper fragment from Edgartown, Massachusetts. Pattern of rose sprigs intwined by climbing vine. Paper is embossed with a basket weave pattern and printed in white, brown, metallic gold and dark gray on light gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
"Late / Gabley [or Sibley?] / Edgartown" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
16 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.392
Machine Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
vine
leaves
roses
buds
berries
Aesthetic
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