Fragment of unused floral wallpaper. Sprigs of a variety of different flowers, including tulips, pansies, and hydrangea, are roller-printed in a muted palette of pink, gray, cream, white and yellow to form all-over floral pattern. The paper is embossed with vertical ribbed texture and printed with gray liquid mica ground. The American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association logo and pattern number 591 are printed in the selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"A. W. P. M. A [scroll logo] / 591 / 2" (printed)
"Clara J. Hallett" (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"
591
Hallett, Clara Jane
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)
United States
25 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1069
United States
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Flowers
Sprigs
tulips
pansies
hydrangea
Floral
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