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Fragment of wallpaper border with anthemion pattern. Central band with large anthemion figures in white and brown over olive and ochre background. Pink band with white dots and dashes runs along upper edge of border. Pink band with white dots, dashes and stylized flowers runs along lower edge of border. Roller-printed in white, pink, olive, ochre and brown on tan ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
Neoclassical
anthemion
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
7 3/8 x 15 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.937
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Anthemion
Dots
Dashes
Stripes
Scrolls
NeoClassical
Aesthetic
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