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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "John Wing Stripe" pattern (#21417) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by The Warner Company, Chicago. Floral stripe pattern with stripes of small vine with berries, stylized floral vines, and bamboo. Roller-printed in two reds, two greens, white and tan on light tan ground. Based on wallpaper found in a trunk in the John Wing House, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"There is a matching fabric for this wallpaper / From the Waterhouse Collection" (Printed on left selvedge)
" " John Wing Stripe" / Recreated by Binnie B Wilson for The Warner Co." (Printed on right selvedge)
John Wing Stripe
21417
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With John Wing House (Sandwich, MA),
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
21 13/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.833
Sandwich (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.819AB
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.706
Title Textile Remnant Accession Number 2001.281.1221
Machine Printed
Tan
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
bamboo
stylized flowers
ivy
berries
stripes
Floral Stripe
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