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Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper in pattern #120388 manufactured by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has an all-over pattern of large stylized flowers and leaves on undulating vines. Roller-printed in blue and yellow on a mottled blue background. Pattern is a reproduction of a paper found in the John Quincy Adams House in Quincy, Massachusetts.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"From / Waterhouse Wallhanging's Inc. / 420 Boylston St. / Boston, Mass. 02116 / To / 120388 $12.00 per roll / John Quincy Adams / Your Order No. Our Order No. Rayarc Co., Bklyn, 32, N. Y." (Printed mailing label with typed pattern number price and name. Label affixed to front of sample.)
120388
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
15 5/8 x 17 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.781
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Border Accession Number 2001.281.782
Machine Printed
Unused
Lt. Blue
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
foliage
vines
Floral
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