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Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper. Pattern name and manufacturer are not known. Wallpaper has alternating stripes of pink roses and one of smaller pink flowers, divided by solid green stripes, printed on a cream ground. Pattern is based on fragments of wallpaper dated to 1920-1930 found at the Old House (Adams National Historic Park), Quincy, MA. Reproduction paper has been used in the Brooks Adams Room of the Old House.
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
stripes
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Old House, Quincy, MA (Adams National Historic Park),
Unknown
12 3/4 x 18 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.780
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.475
Machine Printed
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
roses
flowers
stripes
Floral Stripe
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