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Two long rolled panels (Fragments A and B) and five fragments (C-E) of landscape figure wallpaper. Two alternating vignettes of Turkish men or soldiers with horses. In between the vignettes are alternating exotic trophy figures. The vignettes are divided by vertical chevron stripes. Block-printed in white and four shades of olive on gray ground. Laid paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"Jo Steele gave me these early [underlined] samples" (handwritten)
Steele, Jo, Mr.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
132 x 18 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1123A-E
France
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
Landscape Figure
Turkish Men
Horses
Palm trees
Exotic
Trophies
Chevron
Scenery Figure
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