Partial roll of Tynecastle or Modelled Canvas wallcovering once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Embossed pattern of stylized flowers and leaves with scrolls and strapwork. Dark brown surface color.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
canvas
Tynecastle canvas
Wallpaper
"ALBION" (colorway or pattern name)
"3.75" (price per roll?)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Morton, W. Scott (Designer)
Tynecastle Tapestry (Manufacturer)
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Scotland; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
41 1/4 x 25 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.139.1
1874-1920 (Period of production for Tynecastle.)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.139.2
unused (selvedge removed)
Brown
Original
Handmade
Tapestry
Embossed
Tynecastle
flowers
leaf
strapwork
ribbon
foliate
floral
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