Partial roll of reproduction "Peacock Paper" from the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts. Vignettes of colorful birds, including peacocks. Roller-printed in two blues, two greens, two pinks, two grays, and black on a white ground with horizontal gray pinstripes and small diamond pattern. The paper is embossed with vertical ribbing.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Used in Wayside Concord / Reproduced many times by Sanderson" (handwritten)
"Rd No-FOR-FABRICS-18399 / Rd No-564680" (Record Number (or registry number) for Fabric (1884) and Paper (1910))
Peacock Paper
564680
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
English
47 x 21 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.121
1910 (English Registry No. 564680)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.356AB
Machine Printed
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Exotic Birds
Embossed
Paper
birds
pin stripe
diamond
flowers
tree
peacock
pheasant
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