Unused wallpaper sample of Japanese leather paper. Baroque style pattern with large flowers and foliate c-scrolls and openwork. Pebble embossed background. Relief detail in gold wash and background is stenciled in green on a gilt ground.
wallpapers
fragments
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
lacquer (coating)
gilding
C-scrolls
scrolling foliage
floral patterns
Unidentified Paper
Wallpaper
No. 100 on appraisal (handwritten)
[Japanese characters] (embossed)
A.H. Davenport - Irving and Casson
Unknown
44 1/2 x 37 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Ellis, Sr.
1981.166
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