Wallpaper fragment
Unknown
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1830
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
340 x 435 mm
Place of origin
Unknown
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 813742
Summary
Small fragment of Chinese wallpaper, painted in watercolours with tropical birds perched on rose bushes and bamboo shoots. cf.black and white print of wallpaper in situ. Unframed.
Provenance
Darby collection. Originally hung at the Christy family house The Woodbines Surrey. Rescued by Alice Mary Wolryche-Whitmore when the house was demolished early this century.
Makers and roles
Unknown, wallpaper manufacturer