Fragment of floral wallpaper border from North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Black flocking, overprinted in blue and gray, with metallic copper ribbon on light blue ground. Border is attached to Renaissance Revival wallpaper (see 2001.281.455.1).
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
flocking
metallic pigment
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
1 1/8 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.455.2
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.455.1
Flocked
wall fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
florwers
scrolling lines
Floral
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