Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Pattern imitates egg and dart molding. Block-printed in metallic gold, tan, two browns, and black flocking on white ground.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
flocking
block printing (relief printing process)
metallic pigment
trompe-l'oeil
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
3 3/4 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.655
Block Printed
Flocked
unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Border
Paper
Egg and Dart
Architectural Molding
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