Unused sample. Pattern of rococo, trailing C-scrolls, cornucopia, and flowers. Printed in beige, two browns on a blue ground. Embossed. Looking at the reverse of a sample, the varnish has yellowed with age and turned the ground a green-blue color.
wallpapers
Wallpaper
1996
A.H. Davenport/Irving & Casson
Unknown
France
28 7/8 x 19 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.96
1890-1910 (The design was registered in 1891.)
France
Title Accession Number 1961.352
Block Printed
Varnished
Unused
Blue
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Embossed
Paper
C-scrolls
cornucopia
flowers
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