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Wallpaper Border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1865-1875

GUSN

GUSN-289587

Description

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Center brown band block-printed with metallic gold medallion pattern. Upper and lower bands of green flocking overprinted in light green and black leaf figures.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 5/8 x 8 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.673

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Design Technique

Flocked

Form

unused

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stylized leaf
Fleur de lis
Medallion

Period/Style

Neoclassical

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