Defossé & Karth
Wallpaper Sample

ManufacturerFrench, active 1864–1947
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Wallpaper Sample
Date1880–1910
PlaceParis, France
MediumBlock-printed and embossed paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 19 3/4 in. (25.4 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.731
Not on view

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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 " 5 "

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