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Partial roll of the reproduction wallpaper "New Hampshire Stencil" (#21406) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by The Warner Company, Chicago. Pattern consists of wide stripes of stylized flowers on dense leafy branches and narrow stripes of overlapping organic figures. Roller-printed in brown and two greens on light cream ground. Original wallpaper found in a house in Brewster, Massachusetts.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
Wallpaper
"There is a matching fabric for this wallpaper / From the Waterhouse Collection" (Printed on left selvedge.)
"" New Hampshire Stencil" / Recreated by Binnie B Wilson for The Warner Co. / Made in U.S.A." (Pritned on right selvedge.)
New Hampshire Stencil
21406
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
21 13/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.836
Brewster (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Textile Remnant "New Hampshire Stencil" Accession Number 2001.281.1222
Machine Printed
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
stripes
Floral Stripe
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