Rolled fragment of Nursery wallpaper frieze depicting scenes of two couples in pastoral setting. In the first scene, a shepardess with a sheep at her feet and a staff sits on a rock while a gentleman offers her flowers. In the second scene, a lady with a fan is offered flowers from a gentleman. Roller-printed in brown, red, pale pink, white, two blues, yellow, three greens, cream on gray ground. The pattern is overprinted with small white dots.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
35 x 21 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1152
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Freize
Paper
People
flowers
pastoral landscape
shepardess
sheep
fan
Nursery
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