Cut sample of gilt-figured wallpaper from Concord, New Hampshire. Pattern of large and small floral sprays block-printed in three greens, peach, red, and dark orange then embossed and gilded with gold leaf. Gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
embossing
gilding
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Given by NH Historical / Society" (handwritten)
"Dufour / of Paris" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France; Germany
28 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.526
Possibly France
Possibly
Block Printed
Gilt
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
floral sprays
Gilt Figure
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