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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Grape Ivy" pattern (#23031) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallpaper has ajn all-over dennse pattern of trailing vines of grape leaves. Roller-printed in two greens, two pinks and white on a taupe ground. Pattern is based on a drapery fabric used by the descendants of Roger Williams in 1843 in their Rhode Island house. A companion paper was also designed by Binnie B. Wilson (see 2001.281.850).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
foliation (pattern)
Wallpaper
Grape Ivy
23031
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.849
Rhode Island (United States)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.710
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.850
Machine Printed
Unused
Taupe
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
grape leaves
Foliate
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