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Wallpaper border imitating carved architectural molding. Ornamentation includes bead edge, scrolls, acanthus leaves and oval medallions. Block-printed in ochre and two browns on polished white ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
trompe-l'oeil
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
4 1/8 x 16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.643
Block Printed
Polished
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Beads
architectural molding
acanthus leaf
scrolls
medallion
NeoClassical
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