Wallpaper Sample

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Wallpaper Sample
Date1875–1899
PlaceJapan
MediumStenciled, gilt, embossed and lacquered paper, mounted on several thicknesses of handmade paper
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 37 in. (38.1 × 94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.777
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 " 84 "

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detail of pattern
1883–1916
Stenciled, gilt, embossed and varnished paper, mounted on several thicknesses of handmade paper
84.781
detail of pattern
1883–1916
Stenciled, gilt, embossed and laquered paper, mounted on several thicknesses of handmade paper
84.779
Wallpaper Sample
1884–1900
Embossed, stenciled, gilt and lacquered paper
84.784
detail of pattern
1884–1900
Embossed, gilt, stenciled, and lacquered paper
84.782
Wallpaper Sample
1900
Embossed, stenciled, gilt, and lacquered paper
84.789
Wallpaper Sample
1884–1900
Embossed, stenciled and gilt paper
84.788
Wallpaper Sample
1884–1916
Embossed, stenciled, gilt, and lacquered paper
84.780
detail of pattern
1884–1900
Embossed, stenciled and gilt paper
84.778
detail of pattern
1884–1900
Embossed, stenciled and gilt paper
84.783
Wallpaper Sample
1890–1900
Block-printed and embossed paper
84.744
Wallpaper Sample
1880–1910
Block-printed and embossed paper
84.767
Wallpaper Sample
Jeffrey & Co.
1880–1916
Block-printed and embossed paper, gilt
84.754