Four unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Dandelion Stripe" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. Wallpaper has a vertical stripe pattern with two alternating stripes. One stripe has highly abstracted dandelion leaves atop two large solid stripes. The other is a highly abstracted eyelet lace motif. Both are roller-printed on a mottled or speckled background. Pattern is based on an American hand-blocked wallpaper found in the parlor of a house in Contoocook, NH which dates from 1810-1825. Two different colorways are present: 2001.281.730.1 and .2 -- Green, brown, beige and orange on a tan ground; and 2001.281.730.3 and .4 -- Blue, beige and brown on a tan ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
strapwork
Wallpaper
"Collection of Related Fabrics & Wallpapers / Join / Trim / Top" and " 807 / Join / Trim / Run 1 / Reproduced from A Dorothy S" (Printed on right and left front selvedge, respectively of sample 2001.281.730.1.)
"GW 807" (Handwritten on back of sample 2001.281.730.1.)
"Katzenbach & Warren / From The Green..." and " . . Document / "Dandelion" / 3.5" (Printed on the right and left selvedges, respectively, of sample 2001.281.730.2.)
"Katzenbach and Warren, Inc. / Style No. 135 GW 807 / $4.80 The Single Roll" (Stamped on back of sample 2001.281.730.2.)
"...nbach & Warren / From the Greenbrook Col . . . " and "S. Waterhouse Document / "Dandelion" / 1" (Printed on the right and left selvedges of 2001.281.730.3)
"GW 806" (Handwritten on back of sample 2001.281.730.3.)
"Collection of Related Fabrics a& Wallpapers / Join / Trim / Top" and "GW 806 / Join / Trim / Run 1 / Reproduced from A Dorothy " (Printed on the right and left selvedges, respectively, of 2001.281.730.4)
"GW 806" (Handwritten on back of sample 2001.281.730.4.)
"Katzenbach and Warren, Inc. Style No. 135 GW 806 / $4.80 The Single Roll" (Stamped on back of sample 2001.281.730.4.)
Dandelion Stripe
135
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
9 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.730.1-.4
Contoocook (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.703
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.731.1-.9
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.964
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.859
Machine Printed
Unused
Tan
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
dandelions
stripes
lace
Floral Stripe
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