Fragment of rolled wallpaper border. Pattern imitates architectural molding. Medallion and stylized flower figures alternate along a band resembling chain-links. Block-printed in metallic gold, brown, peach and green flocking on ungrounded paper. Flocking is overprinted in light green and black.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
block printing (relief printing process)
moldings and molding components: architectural
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
21 x 1 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1021
Machine Printed
Flocked
Unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
medallion
stylized flower
chain links
stripes
NeoClassical
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