Printed in imitation of irisé, or rainbow paper

Victorian Wallpaper • 1825

Printed in imitation of irisé, or rainbow paper, 1825

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Printed in imitation of irisé, or rainbow paper. The design is based on a horizontal figure, roughly hexagonal outlined in green. Vertical panels are formed by the arrangement of these figures vertically, the centers of one column of hexagonals being yellow and the adjoining hexagonals having lavender centers. The design is rendered in wavy foliate outlines. Printed in yellow, lavender, green, light green and dark green on a white ground. Block printed on paper