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Rolled fragment of wallpaper with all-over foliate pattern. Wispy foliate branches, reminiscent the William Morris "Willow" pattern, with small flowers. Roller-printed in two browns and metallic gold on ochre ground. Manufactured by Warren, Lange & Co., New York. Pattern number 2443.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"1900 / Portland / Merrill" (handwritten)
"Victorian - mid 19th century / 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)
2443
Merrill, Marion
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warren, Lange & Co. (Manufacturer)
New York, New York, United States
31 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1051
1885-1892 (Warren, Lange & Co in business from 1878-1892)
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)
New York City (New York state)
Machine Printed
Unused
Ochre
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Willow
Leaves
Flowers
Foliate
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