Wallpaper fragment. A simple rainbow paper with solid color ground and the woodblock printing the rainbow effect. Patterning of diamonds or diapered with a foliate wreath and stylized flower in the center. Printed in yellow, orange, red on a grey ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
,
1400
Unknown
United States
10 1/8 x 10 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. William L. Cressler
1971.1014.1
United States
Title Accession Number 1971.1014.2
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
diamonds
floral and foliate ornament
Rainbow
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