Two fragments of floral wallpaper border. Primary design element is a realistically rendered horizontal rope made up of lavender and pink flowers, orange berries, and foliage roller-printed on a blue background. Green stripes with dots on upper and lower edges.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
1 3/4 x 26 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.688AB
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Flowers
Berries
Foliage
Stripes
Dots
Floral
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