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Fragment of unused floral wallpaper border from Barre, Vermont. Border composed of two pattern bands. The upper band shows white flowers and ochre and yellow foliage on pink ground. The lower band imitates architectural molding and is also printed in yellow and ochre on pink. Block-printed in white, gray, yellow, ochre, dark red, and pink. Laid paper, partial sheet. End of a roll.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Barre, Vt" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
4 1/2 x 8 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.627
France
unused
Pink
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
Flowers
Architectural molding
Floral
NeoClassical
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