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drawing

Wallpaper Design

2 pp

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top is a frieze between bands with rosettes. The frieze consists of a high band between two low ones of different height. The high band shows rosettes in circular medallions, from which palmettes grow laterally, alternating with a stylized plant. Above the frieze is an entablature of several moldings, the lowest of which is colored. An ornamentation is alternative

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drawing

Wallpaper Design: Garden seen through an Alcove

2 pp

39.1 x 27.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

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drawing

Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth

2 pp

Psyche kneeling at right offers a cup to Venus who is sitting enthroned on the left with doves in her lap. Three unidentified maidens look on in the center of the composition. Neoclassical architectural setting.

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drawing

Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche

2 pp

Frame H x W x D: 67.9 × 60.3 × 5.7 cm (26 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

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ephemera

Wallpaper Invoice for the firm of Arthur et Robert

1 pp

Bill from wallpaper firm of Arthur et Robert listing wallpaper consigned to "Monsieur de Bagneur," 6 July 1793; 9 different serial numbers of wallpaper are listed. Below, is written: "Recu Comptant pour les Citoyens Arthur et Robert" and signed "Dejeail." Attached to the bill on the back is a scrap with notes referring to a bed and other furniture. Bill head reads: Manufacture de Papier peint pour

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object

Wallpaper Samples

105 pp

H x W: 16.5 x 22.5cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8in.)

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object

Wallpaper-Sears Roebuck and Co.

48 pp

All papers are machine printed. Includes ungrounded papers, tapestry papers, sanitary papers, oatmeal papers and independent ceiling papers. Samples are priced from .03-.32 cents per double roll.

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object

Wallpapers of Merit, Book No. 3

168 pp

Consists of 95 sidewalls and 73 borders. Gold embossed title on black paper cover. Papers consist of imitations of textures and woods, floral borders, stripes, large over-all patterns

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