Unused fragment of floral flocked wallpaper. Groupings of stylized flowers in maroon flocking are joined to each other by draping foliate vines. The flocking is block-printed over ochre stripes on polished cream ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
13 3/4 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.253
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1191
Block Printed
Flocked
unused
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
flowers
stripes
vine
Floral
Stripe
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