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Partial role of reproduction wallpaper in the "Flame Stitch" pattern. Wallpaper has an all-over large-scale pattern that imitates flame stitch or bargello needlework. Roller-printed on paper textured to resemble basket-weave fabric. Printed in red, cream and blue on beige ground (#148082).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
trompe-l'oeil
Bargello work
Wallpaper
"Flame Stitch / #148082 $7.50" (Handwritten on verso.)
Flame Stitch
148082
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
25 3/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.874
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.739.1-.3
Machine Printed
Unused
Beige
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
textile
flame stitch
Textile
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