Rolled fragment of large-scale damask wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Embossed pattern with multiple stylized flowers, including tulips, flowing from and around a stylized bowl on a stand. Large undulating trellis figures wrapped with grape vines form ogee pattern. Floral elements are embossed with multiple textures and roller-printed in pale peach and pink. The background is embossed with a vertical ribbed texture and printed with fine horizontal striping. Rose colored ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
damask
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Chellis Estate (Wellesley Hills, MA),
A. H. Davenport
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
26 1/2 x 22 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1041
Machine Printed
Unused
Pink
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Stylized flowers
Tulips
Grape Vine
Bowl
Trellis
Ogee
Damask
Floral
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