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Fragment of two partially cut wallpaper borders. Pattern is a stylized imitation of architectural molding with upper band of stylized palmettes in orange and black on orange background and lower band of bud or sprig figures in yellow. Roller-printed in ochre, black, two oranges, yellow and two browns on white ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
palmette (motif)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
3 5/8 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.698
Machine Printed
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Palmette
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