Partial roll of unused wallpaper printed with the "The Attica" pattern produced by Thomas Strahan and Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts. Large-scale damask pattern with central stylized thistle figure framed by strapwork and scrolling acanthus leaves. Thistle figures are flanked by urns with bow knot and are joined by floral swags. Roller-printed in blue over pattern of blue of fine vertical and horizontal lines, imitating the look of woven fabric, on white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
damask
Wallpaper
"The Attica / 298 / T. S. & C. [Thistle Logo]" (printed)
"Brocade design - Repro" (handwritten)
"Victorian - mid 19th century / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers"
The Attica
298
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)
Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
21 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1064
Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Machine Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Thistle
Floral Swags
Acanthus Leaves
Urn
Bow Knot
Damask
Imitation textile
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