Fragment of floral wallpaper border. Stylized yellow and red flowers grow upward against peach background. Black and olive stripes run along upper edge of border. Black band with a red Greek key pattern runs along the lower edge of the border. The flower leaves spill over the lower band. Upper portion of the border is roller-printed in peach, black, red, orange, green, yellow, ochre on olive stripe. Lower band is roller-printed in black on red stripe. Paper between borders is ungrounded. Pattern number "106" or "901" printed in selvedge.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"106" or "901" (Pattern Number - uncertain orientation.)
106 901
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
4 1/4 x 15 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.917
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Flowers
Foliage
Greek Fret
Stripes
Floral
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