She was to select the wallpaper, and by so doing to proclaim her intention to conform and to content herself in the new home.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
The boy lighted a flare of electric lights which made the chocolate and gold wallpaper look like one pattern in the light and another in the shadow.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris
The wallpaper was the color of rich cream; the pictures were beautiful; the table, with its snowy cloth and white dishes, was pleasant to the eye; still, it was not so much the objects to be seen as it was the "air" of the room which made it seem so delightful.
"Dotty Dimple At Home"
Sophie May