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Stylized floral wallpaper fragments from Hodgdon's Island, Boothbay, Maine. The floral pattern features two urn figures filled with flowers and foliage. The figures are surrounded by sprigs and sprays, forming a dense all-over floral pattern. Roller-printed in light olive, three pinks, metallic gold, blue, tan and brown on black ground. Fragment (A) shows the pattern repeat, the colors of fragment (B) are more vibrant.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
floral patterns
Aesthetic Movement
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To
Unknown
30 1/2 x 18 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.588.2AB
Title Wallpaper border Accession Number 2001.281.588.1
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Black
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stylized flowers
Aesthetic
Floral
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