EXHIBIT  21.1 

                   SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF 
                      CHESAPEAKE CORPORATION

                        December 31, 1996

                                               State of
                Name                         Incorporation
                                          
Cary St. Company                               Delaware

Chesapeake Consumer Products Company           Virginia
 
The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia         Virginia

Chesapeake Display and Packaging Company       Iowa

Chesapeake Forest Products Company             Virginia

Chesapeake Packaging Co.                       Virginia

Chesapeake Paper Products Company              Virginia
 
Chesapeake Recycling Co.                       Virginia

Chesapeake Resources Company                   Virginia

Chesapeake Trading Corp.                       Virginia

Chesapeake Trading Company, Inc.               U. S. Virgin Islands  

Chesapeake Building Products Company           Virginia 

Color-Box, Inc.                                Indiana

Delmarva Properties, Inc.                      Virginia

Stonehouse Inc.                                Virginia 

Wisconsin Tissue Mills Inc.                    Delaware
  
Chesapeake International Holding Company       Virginia     

Wisconsin Tissue de Mexico S.A. de C.V.        Mexico

Chesapeake Display and Packaging
 (Canada) Limited                              Ontario, Canada

Chesapeake Europe S.A.                         France 

Sailliard PLV                                  France

Raab-Pige                                      France

Chesapeake Coffrets                            France

Linea                                          France

Plastiphane                                    France