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Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Embossed and gilded octagonal medallions on pale yellow ground. See Inscriptions.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
gilding
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"461" (Pattern number?)
"wxgi\\wpmn" (wxgi written on top of double lines over wpmn. Unknown meaning. Written with quill tip pen.)
"Merrill / Portland Me" (handwritten)
461
Merrill, Marion
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
18 1/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.599
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)
Gilt
unused
Lt. Yellow
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
medallions
Fleur de lis
Gilt Figure
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