Wallpaper Border with Pink Roses and Green Foliage

A horizontal wallpaper border printed on paper with a band of pink and coral roses, buds, and green leaves trailing along a cream ground. Below, a darker green foliate scroll with rounded leaves forms a lower frieze, framed by thin green rules at top and bottom.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1825–40

Medium

Block-printed and flocked on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum