Reproduction Wallpaper

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Collection Type

Wallpaper

Date

1959-1970

GUSN

GUSN-292971

Description

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Enoch Frye" pattern by Katzenbach & Warren. Paper has an all-over stylized Neo-classical pattern of scrolls, medallions and rosettes. Roller-printed in cream on a dark green ground. Paper is based on an American block-printed wallpaper dating from 1790-1810 that was found in the Enoch Frye house in North Andover, MA. Pattern was also reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc, in the 1970s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Neoclassical
medallions (ornament areas)
Wallpaper

Inscription

"Reproduced from a Dorothy S. Waterhouse Document / "Enoch Frye" / U.W.P.C. of N.A. Union Made / 130 GW 815" (Printed on left selvedge.)
"Katzenbach & Warren / From the Greenbrook Collection of Related Fabrics & Wallpapers" (Printed on right selvedge.)

Pattern

Enoch Frye

Pattern No.

130 GW 815

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Associated With Enoch Frye House,

Maker

Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

25 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.861

Places

North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1922.391
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.738.1-.3
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.703
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.704
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.708
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.709
Title Textile Remnant "Enoch Frye" Accession Number 2001.281.1243

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Green

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

medallions
rosettes
scrolls

Period/Style

NeoClassical

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