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Fragment of wallpaper border with stylized floral vine and berry pattern. Central band of stylized flower on vine with berries in metallic copper and gold on red background. The central band is edged by rows of half-circles. Gold and brown stripes run along the upper and lower edges of the border. Roller-printed in metallic copper, metallic gold, red and brown on olive ground. "119 AG" stamped and "65-80" handwritten on verso.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"119 / AG" (Pattern number?)
"65-80" (Blue pencil. Pattern number?)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
6 x 23 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.936
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Stylized Flower
Vine
Berries
Stripes
Floral
Aesthetic
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