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Fragment of grapevine wallpaper border. Wide border with naturalistic grape vine and large, purple clusters of grapes. The vine is on a background pattern of small dashes imitating woven fabric. Running along the top of the border are narrow green and tan stripes. Running along the bottom of the border is a green bead and reel stripe and narrow tan, green and black stripes. Roller-printed in two greens, tan, brown, purple, red, two pinks and black on light tan ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
fruit
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
9 x 25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.948
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Grapes
Vine
Fabric
Bead and Reel
Stripes
Foliate
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