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Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper. Damask-style, large-scale pattern of highly stylized, flowers. Block-printed in yellow, gold and metallic gold on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"1890's / Large design" (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"
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
35 1/2 x 22 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1060
Block Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized flowers
Floral
Damask
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