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Partial roll of Tynecastle or Modelled Canvas wallcovering once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale foliate scroll and floral pattern. Orange-brown ground with red stenciled or painted background.
wallpapers
Tynecastle canvas
paper (fiber product)
canvas
Tynecastle canvas
Wallpaper
"W. SCOTT MORTON'S PATENT (TRADE MARK) MODELLED CANVAS" ("Trade Mark" is embossed inside castle logo)
"... SCOTT MORTON'S TYNECASTLE / 1029" (pattern number)
1029
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Morton, W. Scott (Designer)
Tynecastle Tapestry (Manufacturer)
A.H. Davenport (Retailer)
Scotland; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
33 1/2 x 23 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.141
1874-1920 (Period of production for Tynecastle.)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Hand Painted
unused
Brown
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Tapestry
Embossed
Tynecastle
foliate
scroll
floral
flower
acanthus
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