Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Robert Fulton" pattern (#23104) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper has a large-scale scenic patter which commemorates the invention of the steamship by Robert Fulton. Large bridge spans frame various scenes of New York harbor and surrounding buildings including a church, brownstones, and a govenment building. The harbor scene has a paddlewheel steamship in front of other wind-powered vessels. Roller-printed in two blue-greens, blue, white, pink and two browns on a blue-gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
Robert Fulton
Fulton, Robert
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
20 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.853
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.710
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
steamships
buildings
ships
Scenic
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