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Two fragments of wallpaper from the Arnold Fenner House, Plainfield, Connecticut. Embossed, gilt-figured wallpaper with two narrow vertical stripes of foliate diamond figures per width of paper. A large foliate figure repeats at long intervals between the stripes. The figure has three large leaves and fern-like foliage. Embossed and gilded figures on light gray ground. The pattern was reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings under the name "Arnold Fenner House."
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
metallic pigment
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Arnold Fenner House,
Unknown
35 x 12 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.954AB
Plainfield (Windham county, Connecticut)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.719AB
Machine Printed
Gilt
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Foliate
Stripes
Diamond
Gilt Figure
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