Unused wallpaper border. Paper has large-scale motif of stylized peonies block-printed in pinks, reds, black and metallic gold on a textured green ground. Paper has been cut along lower edge of pattern.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
11 1/4 x 18 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.715.2
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.715.1
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 1990.301
Block Printed
Unused
Green
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
peonies
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