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Fragment of unused paper from Portland, Maine. Asymmetrical pattern of holly sprigs with berries roller-printed in two greens, black, liquid mica and red on a polished, light cream-colored ground. This was probably a decorative paper rather than a wallpaper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
mica (white pigment)
Wallpaper
"Merrill / Portland" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
11 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.601
Machine Printed
unused
Cream
Machine Made
Paper
Holly Sprigs
Foliate
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