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Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. All-over pattern of flowers, grasses and hanging floral vines. Roller-printed in two light yellows, orange, pale green, olive, maroon and red on olive ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"125 / A. W. P. M. A [in scrolling banner logo]" (Pattern number / American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association logo)
125
Greeley, Mr.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To William H. Greeley Homestead,
Unknown
United States
20 3/8 x 19 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1114
New Gloucester (Cumberland county, Maine)
United States
Machine Printed
Unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized flowers
morning glories
vine
grasses
Floral
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