Three fragments of reproduction wallpaper border produced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. The border imitates architectural and plaster molding with several different bands of design: narrow upper band of beads and leaves; wide band of trophy figures encircled by wreaths of foliage and fruit; and two lower bands, one geometric and the other floral. The paper is screen-printed in two tans, brown, white and two pinks on olive ground. The color of Fragment [A] differs slightly from [B] and [C].
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
Wallpaper
"do - 30 yds. (cut 15 yds in half) MAKE WHITE PULLER - Rose + Pink Tone Better" (Note regarding printing and color adjustments.)
"9 00" (Zeros are raised and underlined. Refers to price per yard.)
"Waterhouse / $9 00 yd" (Zeroes are raised and underlined. Refers to price per yard.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Massachusetts
10 5/8 x 16 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.827A-C
Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Screen Print
Unused
Olive
Repro
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Architectural Molding
Bead
Leaves
Floral
Wreaths
Fruit
Trophies
NeoClassical
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