Rolled fragment of English floral wallpaper. Large-scale pattern of floral bouquet in hanging basket with pink and white roses, morning glories, daisies, and passion flowers. Roller-printed in white, six pinks, four greens, four blues, five browns, yellow and four purples on polished white ground. The selvedge is printed with English registry number 262509 and patent date of January 8, 1901.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"RD 362509 / PATENTED JANY. 8. 1901" (English registry number and patent date.)
"Victorian - mid 19th century / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
England
28 1/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1055
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Machine Made
Floral
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