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Partial roll of uncut wallpaper borders. The roll is printed with twelve borders per roll width in a geometric fretwork pattern. Each border consists of outer solid stripes and an inner band of square flower figures. The borders are roller-printed in metallic gold on black ground. The paper is embossed with a small-scale basket weave pattern.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"Border paper / Saco Me / from Miss Marion Merritt / 11 Hollis Rd Portland" (handwritten)
Merritt, Marion, Miss
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
19 3/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1000
Saco (York county, Maine)
Machine Printed
Unused
Black
Original
Machine Made
Border
Embossed
Paper
Stylized Flowers
Fretwork
Stripes
NeoClassical
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