Wallpaper Sample of "The Montespan Design"

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Wallpaper Sample of "The Montespan Design"
Date1907
Manufactured inEngland
MediumBlock-printed on ingrain paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 56 in.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.746
Non exposé

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Provenance[A.H. Davenport and Company, Boston, until 1934]; [...]; acquired by Mrs. Thomas Ellis, 1950s; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History“Pattern Repeat: Wallpaper Then and Now,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2013–March 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in pencil on verso " 29 "
at edge " THE MONTESPAN DESIGN "
at opposite edge " REGD No 508424 "

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