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Sample of reproduction wallpaper used in the study of the Blaine House, Augusta, Maine. Central stripe features eight-pointed star figures flanked by sold colored stripes, then wide stripes in the ground color with a centered stylized vine running down the center. Paper is embossed with a fine ribbed texture. Roller-printed in metallic copper, dark pink, tan, brown and blue on gray ground. Produced by Alle Doane Company. See original wallpaper fragment 2001.281.586.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
stripes
Wallpaper
"Repro. by Allen Doane Co - / for / Blaine Mansion - Augusta, Me - / Original in parlor of Blaine Mansion (Capitol bldg) - / supposed to be same as used in White House / at time Jas. G. Blaine was in Washington" (Original paper from study, not parlor.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
14 1/4 x 20 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.587
1960-1970 (reproduction of 2001.281.586)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.586
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.586
Machine Printed
unused
Grey
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
8-pointed star
stripes
stylized vine
Stripe
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