Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 2-384 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has pattern of repeating octagons enclosing stylized flowers. Octagons are separated by square medallions composed of four palmette-shaped motifs. Screen-printed in two browns on a cream ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in a folder rather than a bound sample book.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
"Liberty / Trade Mark / No. / Price $7.75 " (Stamped on back.)
"LP 2-384" (Handwritten in blank for pattern number on back of sample.)
LP 2-384
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
27 1/2 x 8 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.714.25
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.23
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.24
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2014.2.7
Screen Print
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
palmettes
octagons
Medallion
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