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Fragment of a roll of uncut wallpaper borders. The fragment is printed with two borders, a third border is missing. Each border consists of a wide center band with stylized floral vine pattern in tan on metallic gold background. Flanking the center band are two narrow bands, one with a geometric diamond pattern and the other with dashes. Both are printed in two shades of brown on metallic gold. Roller-printed in two browns, tan and metallic gold on olive ground. The paper is embossed with a woven texture.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
22 7/8 x 15 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1001
Machine Printed
Unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Border
Embossed
Paper
Floral vine
Diamonds
Dashes
Stripes
Floral
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