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Wallpaper Border

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GUSN

GUSN-302229

Description

Cut wallpaper border sample. "Grecian Urn" pattern. Metallic gold Grecian urns draped with bellflower swags alternating with foliate elements above a band of continuous foliate scrolls. Screen printed in metallic gold and maroon on a green ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
wallpapers
Covering, Wall
Wallpaper
Wallpaper

Pattern

Grecian Urn

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Australia

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Nylander

Accession Number

2000.1507

Places

Australia

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Screen Print

Ground Color

Green

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Decor Motif

urn
bellflower
swag
foliate scroll

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