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Ceiling paper

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Floral medallions connected by floral swag with fleurons in the resulting negative spaces. Ground is light green cream and embossed with a vining foliate scroll pattern. Printed in greens, yellows, silver mica and gold mica.
Printed in selvedge: "Alfred Peats--New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston"
Printed in opposite selvedge: "Prize Pattern Trade Mark"
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Alfred Peats Company
Date
1905–1915
Credit Line
Gift of Victorian Collectibles
Medium
Machine-printed paper, ribbed, liquid mica
Dimensions
85 x 49.5 cm (33 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Type
Wallcoverings
Ceiling paper
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