Victorian Wallpaper Designs from 1785
20 designs from 1785, from Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian), The Met, Cleveland Museum of Art and the Internet Archive.
Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper
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Arabesque design
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Medallion of large shallow bowl, with three feet and link…
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Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design
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Simulated moire silk, decorated with small bunches of…
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Square of pieced paper printed with tangent serpentine…
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Portion of the figure of a woman in classical drapery,…
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Chinoiserie depicting shepherdess guarding her flock,…
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Square of paper printed with basketwork or basket weave…
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Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque
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Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons
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Printed over gray ground with black dots and white…
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Festoons with birds and vases of flowers, gray background,…
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A mandorla containing an adult robed classical figure with…
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Vertical rectangle
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Repeating pattern developed on a vertical axis
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Arabesque design
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A) Figure cut-out from a wallpaper
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Lone figure of a putto blowing two horns
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Vertical rectangle
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