Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Dresden Ribbon" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. Wallpaper has a floral stripe pattern with small floral sprays arranged evenly over paper and vertical stripes imitating grosgrain ribbon. Roller-printed in yellows, greens, and black on a tan background. Pattern is based on wallpaper remnants found in a Cape Cod, Massachusetts barn which had been the workshop of a local wallpaper hanger.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Fadeproof Washable / "Dresden Ribbon" / Reproduced from a Dorothy S. Waterhouse Document" (Printed on left selvedge)
"From the Greenbrook Collection of Related Fabrics & Wallpapers / "KAtzenbach & Warren" (Printed on the right selvedge)
Dresden Ribbon
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.860
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.733
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.703
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.704
Title Textile Remnant "Dresden Ribbon" Accession Number 2001.281.1238
Machine Printed
Unused
Tan
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stripes
ribbons
floral sprays
Floral Stripe
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