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Fragment of unused floral wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Meandering floral vine with peach-colored blossoms and berries. Roller-printed in two shades of olive green, two shades of peach and metallic gold on light cream ground. Straight match.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
Aesthetic Movement
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Marion Merrill / Portland Me." (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
J.J.L. & Co. (Manufacturer)
26 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.603
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.783
Machine Printed
unused
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized flowers
Berries
Floral
Aesthetic
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