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Retailer's sample of Zuber & Cie wallpaper with diaper pattern. Foliate quatrefoils form diamonds framing stylized flower. Block-printed in blue and white on pink ground. Multiple stamps on the back of the paper for two retailers George & Frances Davison (in black) and Gould Morgan Crosby Furniture (in red) both with the address of 420 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
diaper patterns
Wallpaper
"ZUBER & C IE RIXHEIM Ht RHIN / 2888" (IE and t raised and underlined.)
"2888 RCL" (Stamped twice.)
"GOULD MORGAN CROSBY / FURNATURE / 420 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON MASS." (Address stamp. Stamped three times.)
"AGENTS / George & Frances Davison / 420 Boylston Street / Boston, Mass. / Tel: CO 6-0072" (Address stamp. Stamped three times.)
"4.50" (Probably refers to price per yard.)
"28888LCL" (Pattern number. Written in black marker)
2888
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Berkeley Building (Boston, Mass.),
Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer)
Rixheim, France, Alsace
24 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.830
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Rixheim (Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France)
Block Printed
Unused
Pink
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized Flowers
Foliate
Quatrefoil
Diamonds
Diaper Pattern
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