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Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Rockland, Massachusetts. Figures, embossed and gilded with gold leaf, depict a foliate sprig encircled by a small wreath with berries. Dusty rose colored ground, roller-printed.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
gilding
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"Mrs. H. S. Ferguson / 327 Salem St. / Rockland, Mass" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
34 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.480
Possibly France
Possibly Germany
Machine Printed
unused
Pink
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
wreath
berries
foliate
sprig
Gilt Figure
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