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Unsed sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Arnold Fenner House" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Two pieces (A) and (B). Wallpaper has narrow vertical stripes of abstract neoclassical-style patterns. Interspersed between stripes are highly stylized motifs with three large lobed leaves and fern-like foliage. Roller-printed in metallic gold on a light gray ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metallic pigment
Neoclassical
stripes
Wallpaper
"Join Trim / Up" (Printed on left selvedge of 2001.281.719A)
"Join Trim / "Arnold Fenner House" / Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc." (Printed on right selvedge of 2001.281.719A.)
Arnold Fenner House
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Arnold Fenner House,
Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
25 x 29 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.719AB
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.954AB
Machine Printed
Unused
Grey
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
stripes
foliage
Stripe
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