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Cut sample of the reproduction diaper-pattern wallpaper "Provincetown Geometric." Sample is affixed to paperboard. Pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. Diamond-shaped trellis frames Gothic-style quatrefoils. Roller-printed in white and dark green on green ground. Original wallpaper was found in the Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Wallpaper
"for The Warner Co. / 21432 / Run 1 / Provincetown Geometric / From the Waterhouse Collection" (Text cut from the selvedge and glued to the back of the paperboard.)
Provincetown Geometric
21432
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Captain Snow House,
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
17 5/8 x 18 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.823
Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.706
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.969.1
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.838
Machine Printed
Unused
Green
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Diamonds
Trellis
Quatrefoil
Diaper Pattern
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