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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Moses Eaton Stencil" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of very simplified baskets of flowers, flower sprigs, and starburst motifs arranged between vertical stripes of geometric designs. Pattern is a composite of motifs from various stencils made by Moses Eaton, circa 1820. Printed in red and blue on a beige ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
medallions (ornament areas)
stars
Wallpaper
"Stencil / Moses Eaton / Did painting throughout N.E." and "173506" (Handwritten on back by Dorothy Waterhouse.)
Moses Eaton Stencil
173506
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
After Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21 3/4 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.757
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
Beige
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
stencil
Paper
geometric
baskets
flowers
sprigs
starbursts
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