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Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the dining room of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Loose-stemmed floral bouquets form all-over pattern. Roller-printed in black, maroon, peach and pale yellow on olive ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine / Dining room wallpaper hung, presumably, between 1882-1894" (Not written by Dorothy Waterhouse.)
Greeley, Mr.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To William H. Greeley Homestead,
Unknown
United States
13 3/8 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1113
New Gloucester (Cumberland county, Maine)
United States
Machine Printed
Unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stylized flowers
bouquets
Floral
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