Three fragments of trailing floral vine wallpaper border. Pink flowers grow from a blue-green vine over a yellow background. Blue, green and black stripes run along upper edge of border. A band of blue with green vertical stripes runs along lower border. Block printed in green, black, two pinks and red on blue ground. Handmade paper in partial sheets. Fragments (A) and (B) have been lined and were used. Fragment (C) is unused.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Unknown
5 x 37 (HxW) (inches)
1950.M23A-C
Block Printed
wall fragment
Blue
Original
Handmade
Border
Paper
Flowers
Vine
Stripes
Floral
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