Color proof of "Gore Place" reproduction wallpaper manufactured by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Original wallpaper hung in the dining room of Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts and was a French block-printed paper dating from 1780-1810. Proof is printed on cream paper and has trailing flowers including roses and morning glories printed in blues, greens, gray, gold and red. Flowers and foliage are outlined with several rows of small pin dots.
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"Please Save / Patt. No. Floral / Checked by RLC / Date 3-9-70/ A. W. Council & Co." (Stamped and handwritten at bottom edge.)
Gore Place
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Gore Place (Waltham, Mass.), Dining Room
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
United States
23 3/4 x 20 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.747
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
United States
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.745.1-.5
Title Photograph Accession Number 2001.281.746
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.877.1-.3
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
morning glories
roses
pin dots
flowers
Floral
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