Wallpaper

Production date
1920s
 Description
A fragment of wallpaper with an Eastern themed design which incorporates birds (including the Lady Amherst pheasant) in a tree with unidentified blossoms and flowers. The wallpaper features a white background with black branches and there is a floral decoration on the reverse.
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Object detail

Production date
1920s
Classification
Wallpaper Fragment/Structures
Credit line
Lady Amherst pheasants feature along with other, smaller birds on this opulent wallpaper, which is likely to have been hung in a residential property in the 1920s. The 1920s was a decade where wallpaper boomed in popularity, with rich and exotic patterns taking centre stage.
Accession number
A97.004
Collection type
Social History
Material
Wallpaper
Paper
Ink

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