Reproduction Wallpaper

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Collection Type

Wallpaper

Date

1959-1980

GUSN

GUSN-289557

Description

Three unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Enoch Frye" pattern by either Katzenbach and Warren or Waterhouse wallhangings. Paper has an all-over stylized Neoclassical pattern of scrolls, medallions and rosettes. Roller-printed. Paper is based on an American block-printed wallpaper dating from 1790-1810 that was found in the Enoch Frye house in North Andover, MA.
Three colorways are present: 2001.281.738.1 -- Yellow on a dark green ground; 2001.281.738.2 -- White on a red ground; and
2001.281.738.3 -- Metallic gold on a cream ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
Neoclassical
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Enoch Frye / No. Andover / Famous in town becuase he was simply / huge. It is said he weighed 300 pounds." (Handwritten on back of sample 2001.281.738.3 by Dorothy Waterhouse.)
"112815" (Handwritten on back of sample 2001.281.738.1.)

Pattern

Enoch Frye

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Associated With Enoch Frye House,

Maker

Possibly Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
Possibly Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

12 1/2 x 23 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.738.1-.3

Places

North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
United States

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.703
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.708
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.709
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1922.391
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.861

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

rosettes
medallions
scrolls

Period/Style

NeoClassical

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