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Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts roller-printed in pastel colors on dark blue ground. Pattern of ogee lattice frame large stylized irises with foliage that forms a second ogee pattern. Roller-printed in two blues, pale orange, green and peach on dark blue ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Aesthetic Movement
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Chellis Estate (Wellesley Hills, MA),
A. H. Davenport
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer)
England
23 1/2 x 22 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1036
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1981.120
Machine Printed
Unused
Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized irises
Flowers
Ogee pattern
Strapwork
Lattice
Floral
Aesthetic
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