Rolled fragment of embossed wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Pattern of large stylized flowering vine. The pedals, leaves and stems are printed and embossed with a variety of geometric patterns. The background areas of the pattern are embossed with a ribbed texture. Block-printed in metallic gold, white, gray and two greens on green ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"bak" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Chellis Estate (Wellesley Hills, MA),
A. H. Davenport
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
16 x 19 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1035
Block Printed
Unused
Green
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
Stylized Flowers
Floral Vine
Geometric patterns
Floral
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