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Fragment of a roll of uncut wallpaper borders. The paper is printed with eight borders (two sets of four) per roll width. The border pattern is an undulating stylized vine with leaves and berries. Checkered bands run along the edges of each border. Block-printed in green and dark green on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"25620" (Pattern number)
25620
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
34 3/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.993
Block Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Vine
Leaves
Berries
Foliate
Aesthetic
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