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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Abigail Adams" pattern produced by Warner Company. Wallpaper has an all-over floral sprig pattern of repeating stylized single flowers with leaves. Roller-printed in white, green, and light blue on a blue ground. Paper has a horizontal ribbed texture.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Abigail Adams / Sidewall No. 1524 / Plastic Bonded / Precision trimmed for easy hanging / 20 1/2 inches wide - 7 yards per single roll" (Printed on back of sample.)
Abigail Adams
1524
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 1/8 x 21 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.718
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Machine Printed
Unused
Blue
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
floral sprigs
Sprig
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