Fragment of two uncut wallpaper borders. Flowers roller-printed in yellow, olive and white grow upward from the lower edge of the border against a blue background. A black stripe runs along upper edge. A wider black stripe with yellow lozenge pattern runs along lower edge. Roller-printed in yellow, blue, white, two tans and light olive over dark olive stripe. Black printed over orange stripe. Borders printed on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Mary Wade" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
7 7/8 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.907
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Flowers
Lozenge
Floral
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