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Fragment of red wallpaper border. Wide border with pattern of oval medallions with stylized floral figures joined by festoons of dots and curling scrolls. Background pattern of stylized flowers framed by arches and floating pink circles. Roller-printed in red, pink, metallic gold and green on red ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
medallions (ornament areas)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
9 3/4 x 34 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.947
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Red
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Medallions
Stylized flowers
Scrolls
Festoons
stripes
circles
Medallion
Floral
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