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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper border in the "Belmont Mansion - Front Hall" pattern (#246) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of rococo scrolling stylized flowers and foliage bordered on the top and bottom by wide vertical stripes with interlaced scroll motifs. Roller-printed in two grays and metallic gold on a cream ground.
wallpapers
metallic paint
paper (fiber product)
Rococo Revival
scrolling foliage
Wallpaper
""Belmont Mansion - Front Hall" Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc." (Printed on both selvedges.)
"Custom design / by B. Scott" (Handwritten on verso.)
Belmont Mansion - Front Hall
246
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
29 3/4 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.885
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Border
Paper
scrolling foliage
stylized flowers
Rococo Revival
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