Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Hyannis Cape Cod" pattern. Wallpaper has an all-over sprig design of stylized floral sprigs on a field of pindots. Block-printed in black and white on a blue ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Hyannis" Cape Cod Mass / Trim / Na" and "Join" (Printed on left and right selvedges, respectively.)
"Retrun to / Devon Service / 420 Boylston St / Boston, Mass." (Stamped on back.)
"A137 / 8.00" (Handwritten on back.)
Hyannis Cape Cod
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Probably W. J. Galligan & Sons, Corp. (Manufacturer)
United States
18 1/2 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.801
United States
Block Printed
Unused
Blue
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
sprigs
pindots
Sprig
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