Fragment of reproduction wallpaper produced for the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts. Floral stripes of roses and morning glories growing from the same vertical vine. The floral vines are evenly spaced over narrow white and liquid mica stripes. Screen-printed in liquid mica, black, purple, blue, pink, two reds, two greens, tan and olive on tan ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
mica (white pigment)
screen printing
floral patterns
stripes
reproductions
Wallpaper
"40 rolls ordered Feb 25/71 / Approved strikeoff for / Adams Nat. Historic House" (Written in green ink probably by Bernie Scott.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Used At Old House, Quincy, MA (Adams National Historic Park), Bedroom
Waterhouse Wallhangings
Massachusetts, United States
10 1/2 x 21 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.477
1971 (Per note on verso.)
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
United States
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.476
Screen Print
unused
Tan
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Roses
Morning Glories
Pin Stripes
Pin Dots
Stripes
Vines
Floral Stripe
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