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Fragment of "Peacock Paper" reproduction, torn in two, from The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Vignettes of colorful birds, including peacocks. Roller-printed in two blues, two greens, two pinks, red, gray, brown, tan, two mauves, white and black on a light lavender ground with small diamond pattern in gray.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
" 'Second Edition' of old paper from original roller. Placed in The Wayside / probably between 1900 and 1908. This differs from the 'First Edition' / because this background turns pinkish-lavendar with exposure / to sunlight. Has softer colors - especially greens - than 1956 / paper - also slightly different pattern in background. / The wooden roller for this paper was destroyed in 1941 Blitz (Engl)" (handwritten)
"Sanderson / 2714 / #564680 ?" (handwritten)
"Old - II Edition / Back ground more(?) pinkish" (handwritten)
Peacock Paper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To The Wayside,
Sanderson (Manufacturer)
14 1/4 x 18 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.356AB
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.121
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.357
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.358
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.359
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.360A-C
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.361
Machine Printed
unused
Lavender
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Peacocks
flowers
diamond
tree
pheasant
birds
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