Four fragments of wallpaper with all-over rose sprig pattern. Naturalistic rose sprigs with pink blossoms, buds and foliage over a background of grasses and foliage shadowed in blue. Roller-printed in white, two light pinks, two olives, ochre, brown and turquoise on light blue ground. Selvedge marked with "A.W.P.M.A." logo and pattern number 1547.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Old fashioned rose / Wellfleet ?" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)
North America
11 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.510A-D
1880-1887 (A.W.P.M.A. date range)
North America (North and Central America) [general region]
Machine Printed
unused
Lt. Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
roses
branches
foliage
Floral
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