Imitation leather

Victorian Wallpaper • 1875

Imitation leather, 1875

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Imitation leather. Vertical rectangle. About 20 medallions composed of geometrical designs, foliate and flower forms, and fantastic birds, beasts and fish. Arranged at random against horizontal wave background. The latter is reddish-brown over which black has been washed. Fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed and painted