Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical foliate pattern roller-printed in black, yellow, maroon and orange on olive ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Aesthetic Movement
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Crocker / Brewster Mass / Springtime" ("Springtime" might be Waterhouse reproduction name??)
"19 3/16 x 20 1/2" (Design measurements)
"Property of / WATERHOUSE WALLHANGINGS INC. / 38 WAREHAM STREET / BOSTON, MASS. 02118" (stamped)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
14 1/8 x 18 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.309
Probably United States
Machine Printed
unused
Olive
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
leaves
flowers
stems
Aesthetic
Foliate
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