Unused samplle. "Trellis" pattern with a thorny rose branch climbing up and in and out of the trellis. Birds are perched on the branch and trellis. Printed in two greens, mustard yellow, two blues, red, pink, grey and brown on a white ground. Straight match.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Trellis
1940
A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson
Morris & Co. (Manufacturer)
Morris, William
England
49 5/8 x 22 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.134
Omar & Hamilton, no. 1065, pg. 363 and 371. Lynn, pl. 82, pg. 345.
1864-1916 (1st pattern designed by William Morris in 1862, but not issued until 1864.)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Block Printed
Unused
White
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
trellis
rose branch
birds
butterflies
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