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Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
flocking
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Very early flock paper - / Webster, Mass" (handwritten)
"Early Flock / Webster Mass"
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
12 1/8 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.505AB
Block Printed
Flocked
Black
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Roses
Floral
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