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Rolled fragment of red floral wallpaper. Large-scale pattern of exotic flowers, foliage and fruit in dark red printed over a small-scale floral pattern in red on red ground. Block-printed in two reds on red ground. English.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Flocked brocade / in red" ((Paper is not flocked))
"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)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
England
49 1/2 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1052
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Unused
Red
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Exotic Flowers
Fruit
Foliage
Floral
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