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Partial roll of uncut wallpaper borders produced by the Robert Graves Co., New York. Two borders per roll width. Borders have a pattern of panels with rectangular cartouche framing flower figure and topped with a palmette. Roller-printed in white, blue-gray, gray and four browns on tan ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"5995 / K / THE ROBERT GRAVES CO." (printed)
"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"
5995
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Mosher Farm,
Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)
New York, New York, United States
19 1/2 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1071
Gorham (Cumberland county, Maine)
New York City (New York state)
Machine Printed
Unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Architectural Molding
Ashlar
Stylized flower
Palmette
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