Fragment of embossed, gilt-figured wallpaper border with flocking. Gilt branches with alternating flowers and leaves against black flocking. Upper and lower edges finished with ribbed, gilded borders. Fragment is affixed to piece of paperboard.
wallpapers
borders (ornament areas)
paper (fiber product)
flocking
gilding
embossed wall coverings
Wallpaper
"Original Flock from Somerset" (Handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
1 7/8 x 13 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.664
Flocked
wall fragment
Black
Original
Machine Made
Border
Embossed
Paper
Flowers
Leaves
Roses
Branches
Floral Trail
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