Wallpaper samples. A collection of early hand-blocked papers, early 19th century, 85 samples of decorative borders, wood-blocked on laid paper, most with stencilled colouring, 1 or 2 folding, mostly with repeated floral patterns, a few with boteh motifs, some annotated with numbers in ink or pencil, occasional tears and loss, 2 with burn damage, mounted on rectos of 29 leaves of an incomplete early printed theological volume, with text in German gothic script, 37 x 17cm (14.5 x 6.75ins) and smaller, contemporary vellum, worn, 4to, together with a large volume of approximately 300 20th century brightly coloured plaid silk samples, mounted on brown packing paper bound into early 20th century cloth, embellished with metal furniture, folio A curious volume of wallpaper samples, using an apparently little-appreciated antiquarian volume in place of an album.
Wallpaper samples. A collection of early hand-blocked papers, early 19th century, 85 samples of decorative borders, wood-blocked on laid paper, most with stencilled colouring, 1 or 2 folding, mostly with repeated floral patterns, a few with boteh motifs, some annotated with numbers in ink or pencil, occasional tears and loss, 2 with burn damage, mounted on rectos of 29 leaves of an incomplete early printed theological volume, with text in German gothic script, 37 x 17cm (14.5 x 6.75ins) and smaller, contemporary vellum, worn, 4to, together with a large volume of approximately 300 20th century brightly coloured plaid silk samples, mounted on brown packing paper bound into early 20th century cloth, embellished with metal furniture, folio A curious volume of wallpaper samples, using an apparently little-appreciated antiquarian volume in place of an album.
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