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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Chelsea Chintz" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallpaper has repeating square-shaped motifs of stylized thistles, bleeding hearts and leaves. Roller-printed in two greens, red, blue and black on a beige ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in Chelsea, MA.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Chelsea Chintz
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
21 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.846
Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.706
Machine Printed
Unused
Beige
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
thistles
bleeding hearts
foliage
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