Board with many layers of wallpaper fragments. Topmost layer is Anglo-Japanese in brown, green, yellow, blue, and red (brown is flocked). Small floral with interlace and geometric designs. Other papers, from most recent to earliest, include a red floral on a brown ground with white and brown striping; a Classical foliate and interlace pattern in cream on an olive and striped ground; a diaper pattern in brown on red ground; a c-scroll foliate in light blue on gray ground; a white fretwork with red floral on gray ground; a red diaper and floral on ungrounded paper; a blue and brown floral and fretwork design on white ground; a green, brown, blue, and gray foliate and c-scroll pattern on white ground; and a block-printed pattern (grid?) in red and white on mustard ground. Other layers are possible.
wallpapers
boards (flat objects)
sheathing
softwood
molding (forming)
wallpapers
flocking
Lumber
Board
Board
A813
Unknown
63 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1988.533
Machine Printed
Flocked
Brown
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
floral
geometric
interlace
anglo-japanese
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