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Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Robbin's House" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has all-over geometric pattern of overlapping fans with frothy edges. Pattern is a reproduction of a block-printed paper dating from 1790-1815 that was found in a Nantucket, MA house. The house has no known relationship to the Robbins family. Original paper was probably American in origin.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
geometric patterns
Wallpaper
"Join / Up" and "Up / Join / "Robbin's House" / Waterhous" (Printed on left and right selvedges, respectively.)
"Group I. / "Robbins House" circa 1810 / #213840 / May be custom printed in 3 colors" (Handwritten on back by Dorothy Waterhouse.)
"Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. / 99 Paul Sullivan Way / Boston, Massachusetts 02118 / (617) 423-7688" (Printed on a 1" by 3 1/2" label affixed to back.)
"213840 / R842" (Handwritten on back.)
Robbin's House
213840
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21 x 29 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.766
Nantucket (Nantucket Island, Nantucket county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
Taupe
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
fans
circles
froth
Geometric
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