Vertical rectangle

Victorian Wallpaper • 1780

Vertical rectangle, 1780

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Vertical rectangle. Design simulating a brocaded silk weave with stripes ofparallel white bars, of white dots and of pink lozenge forms between chevron band. Alternating with these small stripes, a broad stripe of the blue field, sewn in two rows with floral and foliate whorls, Border shows clusters of fruit alternating with single flowers. Printed in white, reds, and greens on blue field. Greens glazed. Block-printed, handmade paper