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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Freetown" pattern (#23002) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallaper has a repeating pattern of large scalloped medallions containing abstracted rosettes. Medallions are separated by square four-leaved folate blocks. Roller-printed in three browns and white on a light brown ground. Pattern is based on an English block-printed wallpaper found in an old house in the Freetown, Massachusetts area.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper
Freetown
23002
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.848
East Freetown (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.710
Title Textile Remnant "Freetown" Accession Number 2001.281.1216.1-.2
Machine Printed
Unused
Brown
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
medallion
Paper
medallions
rosettes
Medallion
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