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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Braintree Stripe" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Wallpaper has a pattern of alternating vertical stripes. Roller-printed stripe patterns include feather plumes, stylized bows, and six-pointed stars in circles. Roller-printed in blue green, white and brown on a beige ground. The 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.
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paper (fiber product)
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Wallpaper
"Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. / Boston, Massachusetts / "Braintree Stripe" / No. 131806 / $5.40 per single roll / 20 1/2" Wide Trimmed / A single roll is 7 yards long. / Packed in double rolls." (Printed on back of sample.)
Braintree Stripe
131806
Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, Parlor
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
18 3/4 x 12 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.724
Braintree (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.723
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.966
Machine Printed
Unused
Beige
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
feathers
stars
bows
Stripe
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