Fragment of floral wallpaper border. Red and gold pansies and grass grow upward on a textured, metallic gold background. Flowers appear to grow from behind a chevron band that runs along lower edge of border. A single brown band runs along upper edge. Roller-printed in three browns, tan, two reds, three greens and black on metallic gold ground. Paper is embossed with a pebble texture.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
4 1/2 x 9 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.928
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Gold
Original
Machine Made
Border
Embossed
Paper
Pansies
Grasses
Floral
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