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Collection Type

Wallpaper

Date

1910-1920

GUSN

GUSN-291069

Description

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4563, named "The Calais." Scrolling diaper-pattern with dark red waving vertical lines and red pin dots through-out the pattern in imitation of a woven textile. Roller-printed in red and dark red on light red ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
damask diaper
Wallpaper

Pattern

The Calais

Pattern No.

4563

Associated Person

Oldham, Esther
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

14 x 18 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.973.9

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
United States

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Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Red

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Foliate
Damask

Period/Style

Diaper Pattern
Imitation textile

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