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Unused sample of wallpaper pattern #1148A by William J. Galligan & Sons. Wallpaper has a large-scale grid of diamond-shaped motifs, each containing a single highly abstracted leaf. Leaves on alternating rows are enclosed in a circle formed by concentric rings. Block-printed in dark red on an olive green ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
geometric patterns
Wallpaper
"The Wm. J. Galligan Document Collection / No 1148 A / 5 yd roll / Handprinted" (Stamped on back two times.)
"4.50" (Handwritten on back.)
1148A
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
W. J. Galligan & Sons, Corp. (Manufacturer)
Adams, Massachusetts, United States
15 3/4 x 21 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.804
Adams (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Block Printed
Olive
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
diamonds
circles
leaves
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