Partial roll. Pillar and Arch design. View through an arch and collonade of a church spire, which some believe is one by Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe it is the Old North Church, Boston, MA. Printed in two browns and tan.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Paul Revere House (handwritten)
Gregory and Brown Co./ 6 Hamilton Place,/ Opposite / Park St. Church/ boston, Mass. (stamped)
The original of this paper with a/ darker background was found under/ many other layers
(Applied)
Paul Revere
278
Parlor
250
Gregory & Brown Co.
Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)
United States
21 1/2 (W) (inches)
1916.16
For illustration see "Wallpaper in New England," pg. 270, fig. 79.3. Thomas Strahan Company Album of Colonial Reproductions 1938.
1906-1910 (1906-Paul Revere House restoration)
United States
Title Accession Number 1919.35
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1942.4732
Block Printed
Unused
Brown
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
architecture, classicism
Paper
arch
column
church spire
colonnade
Pillar and Arch
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