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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Toll Gate" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper has a large scale pattern of scalloped-edged cartouches enclosed in a trellis work frame. Each cartouche contains a highly stylized floral motif with a leaf garland border. Roller-printed in brown, beige, and metallic gold on a cream ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in a house at a toll crossroads in Auburn, NH.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic paint
cartouches (ornament)
Wallpaper
Toll Gate
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
15 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.856
Auburn (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.710
Machine Printed
Unused
Cream
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
cartouches
stylized flowers
stylized foliage
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