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Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper manufactured by A.L. Diament & Co. in pattern #1540-XDF (pattern name unknown). Wallpaper has a dense floral trail design featuring scrolling chrysanthemum blossoms with peacocks sitting on the vines. Printed in blues, pinks, greens, yellows and black on a cream ground. Pattern is a reproduction of an earlier wallpaper by Zuber & Cie.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"#1540-XDF / 5.25 / 1540-XDF" (Handwritten on back)
"A.L. Diamen / P.O. Box 7437 / Philade" (Stamped on back.)
"Agents / George a& Frances Davison / 420 Boylston Street / Boston, MAss. / Tel: CO 6-0072 / CO 6-0776" (Stamped on back.)
1540-XDF
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Zuber & Cie
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
A.L. Diament & Co. (Manufacturer)
United States
23 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.793
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2006.9.5
Block Printed
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
chrysanthemums
peacocks
Floral Trail
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