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Two pieces of reproduction wallpaper in the "Wareham Floral" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a floral trail and stripe pattern with a vine with blooming flowers undulating across regularly placed stylized floral stripes. Roller-printed in greens, cream and pink on a light green ground. Pattern is a reproduction of an English block-printed paper dating from 1770-1780 which was found in the Captain John Kendrick House in Wareham, MA.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
"Wareham Floral - He carried first U.S. flag around the world / from the John Hendrick House 1770 which carries the Georgian Tax Stamp." (Handwritten on back of 2001.281.776.1 by Dorothy Waterhouse.)
Wareham Floral
WH176
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Captain John Kendrick House,
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
30 x 20 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.776.1-.2
Wareham (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.518.1A-I
Machine Printed
Unused
Lt. Green
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
stripes
vines
Floral Stripe
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