Vertical rectangle

Victorian Wallpaper • 1845

Vertical rectangle, 1845

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Vertical rectangle. Chinoiserie design of eight motifs, three including human figures, two with a sort of phoenix, and three with flowers; white field covered with slender blue-gray foliage scrolls. Printed in reds, blues, greens, and neutral oranges on white ground. Samll sections of a like paper have been cut and pasted on the front of this piece to fill losses. Mounted on a gray paper. Block printed on continuous paper