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Two fragments of rose wallpaper border with trimmed edge. Large pink and red roses and foliage on a white background. The lower edges of the border have been trimmed around the rose pattern. A black geometric band made up of circles, dashes and c-scrolls runs along the upper edge of the border. Block-printed in black, three pinks, two reds, lilac, four greens and gray on white ground. Fragment (A) is the end of a roll. "RCo[?] 787" printed in selvedge.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
787
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
10 x 15 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.942AB
Block Printed
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Roses
Geomtric
Floral
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