Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Dresden Ribbon" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. Wallpaper has a floral stripe pattern with small floral sprays arranged evenly over paper and vertical stripes imitating grosgrain ribbon. Roller-printed in pinks, browns, and gray on a tan background.
Pattern is based on wallpaper remnants found in a Cape Cod, Massachusetts barn which had been the workshop of a local wallpaper hanger.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"From the Greenbrook Collection of Related Fabrics & Wallpapers / Katzenbach & Warren / Run 1" and "Fadeproof Washable / "Dresden Ribbon" / Reproduced from A Dorothy S. Waterhouse Document" (Printed on the right and left selvedges, respectively, of the sample.)
Dresden Ribbon
139
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.733
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.703
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.860
Machine Printed
Unused
Beige
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
ribbons
stripes
floral sprays
Floral Stripe
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