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Two fragments of wallboard covered with orange wallpaper. Wallpaper block-printed with a pattern of interlocking round, square and quatrefoil shaped medallions. Round medallions frame floral sprigs, square medallions frame stylized flowers with eight-pointed star centers, and quatrefoil medallions frame seaweed figures. Block-printed in white and two shade of orange on light orange ground. Multiple cut and wire nails hammered into the boards from the back. Both boards are cut at an angle on one side.
wallpapers
wallboard
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
metal
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
47 1/2 x 7 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1207
Block Printed
Wall fragment
Orange
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized flower
Star
Sprig
Sea weed
Medallion
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