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Rolled fragment of flocked wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Large-scale damask-style pattern roller-printed with green flocking on green ground. Floral damask-style pattern features a large, circular strapwork and floral medallion framing a floral spray. Off-set from the medallion are smaller floral bouquets in vases. The medallion and vase elements are joined by draping floral swags. The paper is embossed with a horizontal ribbed texture.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
flocking
medallions (ornament areas)
damask
Wallpaper
"Flock etc / from Chellis Estate" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Chellis Estate (Wellesley Hills, MA),
Unknown
29 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1034
Machine Printed
Flocked
Unused
Green
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Medallion
Floral
Trophies
Swags
Vases
Bouquets
Spray
Damask
Floral Medallion
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