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Partial roll of dado wallpaper. Dado consists of upper border of egg and leaf figures imitating architectural molding, wide dado of panels framed by foliate scrolls dripping jewels and floral swags, and narrow architectural border at the bottom. Block-printed in black, grown, tan, two blues and white on polished white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
"Alma's Cousin" (handwritten)
Woodward, Mrs.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
France
22 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1150
Middleton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
France
Block Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Dado
Paper
Architectural Molding
Egg and Leaf
Beads
Jewels
Floral Swags
Trellis
NeoClassical
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