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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Brocade" pattern (#23043) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern imitating a floral brocade textile. Background is densely covered with small dots and v-shaped motifs. Roller-printed in dark gray and white on a taupe ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in an old home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Brocade
23043
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.842
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.710
Title Textile Remnant "Brocade" Accession Number 2001.281.1218.1-.3
Machine Printed
Unused
Taupe
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
brocade
Textile
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