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Reproduction Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-292895

Description

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Leonard Bouquet" pattern (#21438) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by The Warner Company, Chicago. Paper has an all-over pattern of flower bouquets roller-printed in gray, white, two greens, pink and red on brown ground. The pattern is based on a historic wallpaper in the Leonard-Lloyd House, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper

Inscription

"There is a matching fabric for this wallpaper / From the Waterhouse Collection" (Printed on the right selvedge.)
"" Leonard Bouquet" / Recreated by Binnie B Wilson for The Warner Co." (Printed on the left selvedge/)

Pattern

Leonard Bouquet

Pattern No.

21438

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Original To Leonard-Lloyd House (Sandwich, MA),

Maker

Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Location of Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dimensions

21 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.835

Places

Sandwich (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Related Items

Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.820AB
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.706

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Brown

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

floral

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

flowers
bouquets

Period/Style

Floral

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