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Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper manufactured by the Thomas Strahan Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts titled "The Quincy." All-over white floral pattern of large fern-like fans surrounded by flowers and scrolling foliate branches. The pattern is block-printed in white on an irisé ground of blue, green and yellow.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"T.S.Co [thistle logo] / 5391 / The Quincy" (printed)
"Repro rainbow paper / as in HGO" (HGO = Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, Massachusetts.)
The Quincy
5391
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)
Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
21 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1183
Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Block Printed
Irise
Unused
Repro
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Flowers
Scrolling Foliate Stems
Ferns
Fans
Floral
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