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Fragment of flocked wallpaper border imitating architectural molding. Acanthus leaf figures in blue alternate with red flocked, stylized rocaille elements behind grey centered florals. Block-printed in white, two grays, three blues and red flocking on white polished ground. Red flocking is overprinted in mauve and black.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
flocking
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
2 5/8 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.642
Block Printed
Flocked
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Roses
Acanthus Leaf
Architectural Molding
NeoClassical
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