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Unused wallpaper sample. Diaper pattern formed by lozenges encircling heraldic motifs of a crown above the initials V.R.I and a stylized thistle. Printed in metallic gold, on a grey ground. Straight repeat.
wallpapers
papers (document genres)
Wallpaper
Bradbury & Bradbury Wallpapers (printed)
Bradbury & Bradbury Wallpaper / Quantity 1 of Pattern: Bal oo1/ Date 10/18/87 / Handprinted by JLW/ For JR Burrow (stamped)
Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)
Morris, William (Designer)
40 5/8 x 29 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of JR Burrows & Co.
1995.30
1983-1985 (Original was designed in 1887.)
California (United States)
Benicia (Solano county, California)
Screen Print
Grey
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
heraldry
diaper
crown
thistle
Aesthetic
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