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Fragment 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
Tynecastle canvas
paper (fiber product)
canvas
Tynecastle canvas
Wallpaper
"ALBANY / ARGAL" (colorway or pattern name)
"4.00" (price per roll?)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Morton, W. Scott (Designer)
Tynecastle Tapestry (Manufacturer)
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Scotland; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
14 3/4 x 25 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.139.2
1874-1920 (Period of production for Tynecastle.)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.139.1
unused (selvedge removed)
Brown
Original
Handmade
Taperstry
Embossed
Tynecastle
flowers
leaves
scrolls
strapwork
floral
foliate
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