Two partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper in the "French Tassel" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Pattern has a central motif of a rose-filled basket with adjacent leaf and flower sprays on either side. The basket is printed over two garlands, one of which curves upward; the other curves downward in two pieces with a central drop. Flanking the basket and swags is a vertical rope and tassel motif. The rope and tassel motif is bordered at the outer edge by a wide vertical stripe of leaves printed on a diamond and pindot background. Wallpaper is a reproduction of a French block-printed wallpaper dating from 1810-1825 that was found in the Carter Homestead in Lancaster, MA. Roller-printed. Two colorways are present: 2001.281.875.1 -- Green, two pinks and white on a blue ground (# 123437), and 2001.281.875.2 -- Three greens on a cream ground (# 123507).
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"French Tassel / #124037 - $7.50 per roll" (Handwritten on verso of 2001.281.875.1.)
"French Tassel / #123507 - $7.50 per roll" (Handwritten on veso of 2001.281.875.2.)
French Tassel
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Carter Homestead,
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21 1/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.875.1-.2
Lancaster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1971.168
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.742.1-.5
Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.707
Machine Printed
Unused
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
baskets
roses
swags
tassels
sprigs
NeoClassical
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