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Fragment of foliate stripe wallpaper. Foliate vine winds up and over horizontal stripe pattern. Both vine and background pattern are block-printed in two shades of gray. The foliate stripe is framed on both sides by elongated diamond and dot stripes printed in metallic gold or gold leaf. Polished white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
stripes
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
15 1/2 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.626
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.598
Block Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Vine
Foliate
Stripes
Geometric
Stripe
Foliate
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