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Wallpaper Border

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1865-1875

GUSN

GUSN-289741

Description

Fragment of wallpaper border with stylized leaf and berry figure. White stylized twig with leaf and cluster of berries repeats across blue upper band. Lower band printed with small stylized flower and twig figure in black and white on gray. Roller-printed in two blues, yellow, white, black, and gray on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 5/8 x 29 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.691

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Stylized Leaf and Berry
Stylized Flower

Period/Style

Foliate

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