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Fragment of unused wallpaper frieze from Saco, Maine. Rose bouquets are suspended upside down from a bow knot and delicate floral festoon. Upper and lower scrolling borders. Roller-printed in pink, red, dark maroon and metallic gold on rainbow ground of pale green and rose.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
friezes (ornamental areas)
Wallpaper
"Mrs. Carl Forster / 45 Ferry Rd. / Saco, Me --" (Handwritten)
242
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Janeway & Carpenter (Manufacturer)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
13 3/8 x 12 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.608
United States
Machine Printed
unused
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Roses
Ribbon
Bow Knot
Festoon
Scrolls
Floral
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