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Reproduction Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1960-1970

GUSN

GUSN-289060

Description

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Braintree Stripe" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. Wallpaper has a pattern of alternating vertical stripes. Stripe patterns include feather plumes, stylized bows, and six-pointed stars in circles. Roller-printed in silver, gold, light blue and light green on a beige ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in the childhood home of General Sylvanus Thayer in South Braintree, MA. Paper was said to have been hung in 1808 to celebrate his graduation from West Point.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
stripes
Wallpaper

Inscription

"N, Inc." (Stamped on back of sample. Full inscription has been cut off.)

Pattern

Braintree Stripe

Pattern No.

128

Associated Person

Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Associated With General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, Parlor

Maker

Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dimensions

19 7/8 x 12 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.723

Places

Braintree (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Related Items

Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.724
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.966
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1966.491.3
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.858.1-.2
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.894

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Beige

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

feathers
stars
bows
stripes

Period/Style

Stripe

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