Fragment of wallpaper border with stylized floral tile pattern. Squares or tiles containing two alternating stylized flower designs. One tile with multi-petalled brown flower and an orange center, with a fleur-de-lis on black background. The other tile with four olive petals, brown center encircled in black and orange background. Bands of small olive rectangles with black and gold circular figures run along upper and lower edges. Roller-printed in olive, brown, metallic gold, and orange on black ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
trompe-l'oeil
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
2 15/16 x 11 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.901
Machine Printed
wall fragment
Black
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Stylized Flowers
Squares
Rectangles
Geometric
Tile
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