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Three unused pieces of reproduction wallpaper in the "Pineapple Stencil" pattern by Waterhouse, Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale vertical stripes of highly abstracted pineapples and leaves alternating with geometric stripes. Paper is adapted from from 19th-century stencil design by artist Moses Eaton. Three colorways are present: 2001.281.764.1 -- Blue and white on a mustard yellow ground; 2001.281.764.2 -- Brown and gold on a cream ground; and 2001.281.764.3 -- Brown and white on a taupe ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper
"Waterhouse Wallhangings Inc. / 420 Boylston St. Boston, Mass. / Pattern No. 109519 Price per Roll $10.50 / For custom colors add $1.50 per roll / Minimum custom order. 6 rolls" (Stamped on back of 2001.281.764.3. Pattern number and price are handwritten.)
"Waterhouse Wallhangings Inc. / 420 Boylston St. Boston, Mass. / Pattern No. 109519 Price per Roll $10.50 / For custom colors add $1.50 per roll / Minimum custom order. 6 rolls"
"Waterhouse Wallhangings Inc. / 420 Boylston St. Boston, Mass. / Pattern No. 109467 Price per Roll $10.50 / For custom colors add $1.50 per roll / Minimum custom order. 6 rolls / Please return sample"
(Printed on back of 2001.281.764.2. Pattern number and price are handwritten.)
" by Moses / Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc." (Printed on selvedge of 2001.281.764.3.)
"9447" (Handwritten on back of 2001.281.764.1.)
Pineapple Stencil
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
After Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
19 x 13 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.764.1-.3
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.708
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.709
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.881
Title Wall fragment with Moses Eaton stenciling Accession Number 1964.11.2
Title Wall fragment with Moses Eaton Stenciling Accession Number 1964.11.1
Machine Printed
Unused
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
pineapples
stripes
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