Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers . (1) Mailers famous Roses paper (3) Delia Robbia blue ground with (3) Relief effects in wall paper Classic cameo frieze in grey. (4) Copied from an old drapery (5) A delightful quilted effect (6) Worsted brocatelle in wall print of 1840 paper Plate IX—SIX WALL PAPERS MADE IN FRANCEAll hand-blocked except 5. 1, 3, (i are
Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers . (1) Mailers famous Roses paper (3) Delia Robbia blue ground with (3) Relief effects in wall paper Classic cameo frieze in grey. (4) Copied from an old drapery (5) A delightful quilted effect (6) Worsted brocatelle in wall print of 1840 paper Plate IX—SIX WALL PAPERS MADE IN FRANCEAll hand-blocked except 5. 1, 3, (i are from the original blocks 372 WALL PAPERS Evidently the paper was to be painted by hand in water colours in theChinese style. On January 23rd, 1737, Thomas Hancock, of Boston, Mass.,wrote to John Rowe, Stationer, London, as follows: Sir: Inclosedyou have the Dimensions of a Room for a Shade Hanging to be doneafter the same pattern I have sent per Captain Tanner, who willdeliver it to you. Its for my own House and entreat the favour ofyou to Get it Done for me to Come Early in the Spring, or as soonas the nature of the Thing will admit. The pattern is all was Left of a Room Lately Come over here,and it takes much in ye Town and will be the only paper-hanging forSale wh. am of opinion may Answer well. Therefore desire you byall means to get mine well Done and as Cheap as Possible, and if theycan
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