Imitation leather

Victorian Wallpaper • 1885

Imitation leather, 1885

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Imitation leather. Vertical rectangle. Approximately twenty emblems of different shapes arranged at random. Several of the motifs occur twice with either coloring or direction changed. Geometrical, foliate and mask designs are included. Horizontal wave background. The later is greenish-brown over which black has been washed. Fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed and painted