This overall piece with two attached colorways and three attached paper label, represents a stripe of big strawberries on their branch with leaves, bordered by a decorative motif of leaves and arabesques, in red on a mustard background.
textiles
samples
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
floral patterns
Sample, Material
Sample, Material
"STRAWBERRY STRIPE" REPRODUCED FROM A Dorothy S. Waterhouse DOCUMENT
(printed)
Colorway 1 back: 102462/ Olive/ Aqua/ 50 Vat/ STRAWBERRY/ STRIPE'/ S.P. Document/ 100% Cotton/ Greeff/ 150 MIDLAND AVE. PORT CHESTER, N.Y.
Colorway 2 back: 102460/ Turquoise/ Sand/ 50 Vat/ STRAWBERRY/ STRIPE/ S.P. Document/ 100% Cotton/ Greeff/ 150 MIDLAND AVE. PORT CHESTER, N.Y.
"Greeff FABRICS, INC. /No. 102461 /Color Terra Cotta/ Width Yel. Cl. 50" Vat /Name "STRAWBERRY STRIPE" /Material S.P.Document/ Fibre 100% Cotton /GREENBROOK / IV / COLLECTION.
PURCHASE SAMPLE / MEMBER OF fine fabric sources.
DESIGNS OF /YESTERYEAR... /SO RIGHT FOR TODAY /GREENBROOK IV /A captivating collection of related fabrics and wallpapers with designs from historic Early American houses /by Greeff.
STRAWBERRY STRIPE/ Series 102460 thru 102463/ This unusual design lined a thrunk, as was/ the custom in those days, which traveled/ from England to Bourne, Cape Cod. It is/ interesting to note that the wallpaper was/ banked with newspapers recording the ses-/ sions of Parliament, dated 1760.
FOR THE NUMBERS OF /RELATED WALLPAPERS /PLEASE REFER TO OUR PRICE LIST. /Greeff FABRICS
FOR THE NUMBERS OF /RELATED WALLPAPERS /PLEASE REFER TO OUR PRICE LIST. /Greeff FABRICS
Strawberry Stripe
Waterhouse Wallhangings
Greeff Fabrics, Inc.
Greeff Fabrics, Inc.
46.5 x 24.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1245
1933-1996 (Greeff in Business)
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