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Two matching fragments of unused floral wallpaper border. Purple, white, orange, pink and blue flowers on green, leafy stem. Block-printed in brown, four greens, white, two grays, dark red, two oranges, two purples, pink, mauve, maroon and three blues on white ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"2172" (stamped)
2172
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
2 7/8 x 26 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.628AB
France
Block Printed
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Lilacs
Daisy
Floral
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