Fragment of embossed, gilt-figured wallpaper border. The center of the border has two rows of embossed and gilt "XOXO" figures on a cream-colored ground, flanked by block-printed stripes with white, elongated floral figures. Along one longitudinal edge of the border is a row of small embossed and gilded squares, each with four dots. Fragment may be a single border or two uncut borders.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
gilding
embossed wall coverings
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
3 1/4 x 9 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.666
Block Printed
Gilt
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Embossed
Paper
Geometric
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