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Fragment of imitation-textile wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Wallpaper achieves the look of a woven textile with a subtle, all-over floral pattern. The pattern is constructed of horizontal striping in metallic gold and brown on gold ground. The paper is embossed with an irregular texture.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"From / Miss Marion Merrill / Portland" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
23 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.605
Machine Printed
unused
Gold
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Floral
Woven
Brocade
Imitation textile
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