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Partial roll of sanitary wallpaper depicting nursery rhymes including "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." Engraved roller-print with oil colors on light tan ground.
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Wallpaper
"BRITISH MADE / TRADE [CROWN IMAGE] MARK / RD NO" (printed)
Stacey, Mr.
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
England
22 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1184
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.382
Engraved
Unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Nursery Rhymes
people
children
dogs
shoe
village
birds
toys
lambs
Sanitary
Nursery
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