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Two rolled fragments of a paper window shade from Gorham, Maine. Aesthetic-style pattern runs horizontally along the lower edge of the shade. The pattern depicts a shelf with vases of flowers and arches, both decorated with asymmetrical geometric patterns. Roller-printed in red flocking and flecks of gold. Green ground on front and back.
roller shades
paper (fiber product)
flocking
glitter
Shade
"Curtain / Mosher / Gorham" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Mosher Farm,
Unknown
35 x 36 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1127AB
Gorham (Cumberland county, Maine)
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