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Partial roll of wallpaper with large-scale pattern of putti and other neo-classical motifs. Two putti, with a goat between them, stand on a large foliate swag wrapped with ribbon holding up a large basket of fruit. Two cockatoos are perched above the basket. Block-printed in cream and two grays on gray ground. 'Victorian Wall Paper' 'Golden-age - printed in selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
" 'VICTORIAN WALL PAPER' 'GOLDEN-AGE" (printed)
Golden Age
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
22 1/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1138
Block Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Putti
Goat
Cackatoos
Basket of fruit
Foliate Swag
Ribbon
Olive branch
lemon
pineapple
grapes
peaches
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