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Wallpaper Border

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-290104

Description

Two fragments of floral wallpaper border. Pink and white roses with green foliage on light blue background. Bands with a broken chevron pattern in dark maroon on ochre along upper and lower edges. Central band is roller-printed in three pinks, white, yellow and four greens on blue stripe. Edge bands roller-printed in dark maroon on ochre stripe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 11 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.913AB

Places

Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Probably United States

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Roses
Foliage
Chevron
Stripe

Period/Style

Floral

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