Fragments of Art Nouveau style wallpaper from Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Large floral pattern, after the Arts and Crafts designs of William Morris, with undulating foliage block-printed in pale greens, olive and white over a dark blue-green background with gray liquid mica flowers. The blue-gray liquid mica appears to be the ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
mica (white pigment)
floral patterns
Arts and Crafts (movement)
Wallpaper
"From Peter Grinnell / Fairhaven" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Possibly Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer)
After Morris & Co (Designer)
London, England; England
14 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.395AB
Possibly London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
Leaves
Art Nouveau
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