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Partial roll of floral medallion wallpaper manufactured by Frederick Beck & Company, New York. Oval medallion tied and hung with a ribbon from scrolling acanthus leaves. The medallion is festooned with floral swags and frames a bouquet of flowers. the pattern is block-printed in green and olive flocking on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
floral patterns
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"Fred. Beck & Co." (Flocked)
"This Roll for Mrs. Waterhouse" (handwritten)
"Late flock / Mrs. Albert Shaw" (handwritten)
"Victorian - mid 19th cenutry / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)
New Yokr, New York, United States
22 3/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1045
New York City (New York state)
Block Printed
Flocked
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Medallion
Oval
Floral Swags
Festoon
Ribbon
Scrolls
Acanthus
Floral Medallion
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