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Unused sample. High relief of an allover, dense floral pattern of lilies, camellias and oranges. Relief details are in a wash of gold and the background is stenciled in dark red on a gilt ground.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
1959
A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson
Unknown
Japan
33 x 35 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.155
"Wallpaper in New England," fig. 70.3, pg. 245. Lynn, fig. 16-39, pg. 442. publ. "Journal of Decorative Arts," April 1884
Japan
Title Accession Number 1981.156
Title Accession Number 1961.37
Stenciled
Unused
Gold
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Gilt; Lacquered
Japanese Leather
floral
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