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Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1970-1980

GUSN

GUSN-290158

Description

Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper border manufactured by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Pattern name and number are unknown. Border has highly abstracted pattern of rosettes atop a scalloped swag, horizontal stripe, dots and another horizontal stripe. Roller-printed in blue and yellow on a light blue ground. Border coordinates with sidewall reproduction paper #120388.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
geometric patterns
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

5 1/8 x 16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.782

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.781

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Lt. Blue

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Border

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

rosettes
swags
stripes
dots

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