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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LPX1 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of stylized flowers and palmettes arranged in horizontal rows. Screen-printed in blue, black, pink and white on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in a folder rather than a bound sample book.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
palmette (motif)
Wallpaper
"Liberty / Trade Mark / No. / Price " (Stamped on back of sample)
"LPX1 / 6.50" (Handwritten in blanks for pattern number and price on back of sample
)
LPX1
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
13 3/4 x 17 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.714.4
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.2
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.3
Title Wallpaper Sample Folder Accession Number 2014.2.1
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.891AB
Screen Print
Unused
Yellow
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
sprigs
palmettes
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