Fragment of wallpaper border with trimmed edge. Pattern of stylized leaves with upper border of arches and stylized sprigs and lower border of bead and reel. Block-printed in metallic gold, orange and brown on light gray ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
3 3/8 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.683
Machine Printed
unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Stylized Leaves
Stylized Flowers
Arch
Bead and Reel
Foliate
Neoclassical
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