Unused sample. Strapwork pattern with exotic brids, stylized flowers and cartouches. The design is in relief and is highlighted in gold. The grey-blue background is stenciled and blue is stenciled on gold ground and embossed.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
1928
A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson
Unknown
England
31 3/8 x 22 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.121
Richard C. Nylander, "Elegant late nineteenth-century wallpapers," Antiques Magazine, Aug. 1982, cover. "Wallpaper in New England," fig. 71.2, pg. 247.
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Accession Number 1961.34
Stenciled
Unused
Gold
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Gilt; Burnished
Paper
strapwork
exotic birds
stylized flowers
cartouches
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