Rolled fragment of flocked wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral pattern in which acanthus leaf and c-scrolls in green flocking form asymmetrical cartouches or medallions framing alternating rows of floral bouquets in flat bottomed baskets and floral bouquets in horn-shaped baskets against a cream ground with white, liquid mica ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
flocking
floral patterns
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Chellis Estate (Wellesley Hills, MA),
A. H. Davenport
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
England
26 x 22 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1043
1890-1916 (\n )
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1981.116
Block Printed
Flocked
Unused
Cream
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Cartouche
Medallion
Floral bouquets
Baskets
Cornicopia
Baroque
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