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Reproduction Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1950-1965

GUSN

GUSN-288896

Description

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP 1-380, part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover diaper pattern with stylized quatrefoils contained within diamond-shaped motifs. Screen printed in dark pink and white on a pink ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in a folder rather than a bound sample book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Liberty / Trade Mark / No. / Price " (Stamped on back of sample.)
"LP 1-380 / 4.45 (Handwritten in blanks for pattern number and price on back of sample.)

Pattern No.

LP 1-380

Maker

Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

27 1/2 x 8 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

2014.2.6

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.22

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Screen Print

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Pink

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

diamonds
quatrefoils

Period/Style

Diaper Pattern

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