Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Polite Parlor" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper features a floral trail pattern with undulating vertical lace ribbons intertwined with roses, other flowers and cascading foliage. Roller-printed in green, blue, yellow, dark pink, white, blackand light gray on a gray ground. Pattern is based on wallpaper found in the parlor of the Woodbury family house in Danvers, MA.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Polite Parlor
23161
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
20 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.852
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
lace
ribbons
flowers
roses
Floral Trail
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