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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Crystal Palace" pattern (#220484) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a Renaissance Revival pattern featuring repeating cartouches and strapwork. Cartouches enclose floral sprays of roses, peonies and other flowers. Interspersed between strapwork are small sprays of foliage with berries. Printed in tan, blue-green, reds, pink and white on a light green ground. Pattern is an adaptation of an English paper from 1860-1870. Note that another Waterhouse reproduction also bears the name "Crystal Palace" but is not the same pattern. See 2001.281.783.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Renaissance Revival
strapwork
Wallpaper
"Crystal Palace / # 220484 / Group N" (Handwritten on back of sample.)
"Crystal Palace / Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc./ Trim" (Printed on right front selvedge)
"Trim" (Printed on left front selvedge)
Crystal Palace
220484
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
13 x 29 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.729
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
Lt. Green
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
roses
peonies
berries
cartouches
strapwork
Renaissance Revival
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