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Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "General Samuel McClellan" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale coffered design in imitation of plaster work. Large quatrefoils frame trophies composed of drums, flags, horns, pikes and swords. Pattern is based on an English block-printed wallpaper dating from 1770-1780. Two colorways are present: 2001.281.743.1 -- Black and white on a gray ground (#155947): and 2001.281.743.2 -- Blue and white on a green ground (#155945).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Neoclassical
Wallpaper
"So, Woodstock, Conn. 1769 / "General Samueal McClellan" / Original Documentary Coloring / No. 155947 / $7.50 / 155-947 / up" (Handwritten on back of 2001.281.743.1 bu Dorothy Waterhouse.)
"General Samuel McClellan / No. 155945 / $7.50 / up" (Handwritten at each end of back of 2001.281.743.2. Bottom inscription has been scratched out.)
General Samuel McClellan
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With General Samuel McClellan House,
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
46 1/4 x 21 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.743.1-.2
South Woodstock (Windham county, Connecticut)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1985.801
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.876
Machine Printed
Unused
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
military
Paper
quatrefoils
trophys
drums
horns
flags
NeoClassical
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