V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Star fish The album has 97 amazingly

The album has 97 amazingly bright patterns for woven silk fabric that were painted in watercolour in the 18th century

pattern number 515312

This understated wallpaper features a subtle mottled design

a time of great growth for the country's wallpaper industry

V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Star fish The album has 97 amazinglyCalico Shell This beautiful pattern was selected from a large assortment of designs for chintz stored in the V&A's Prints and Drawings department. The exquisite design, resembling a shell or wave motif, was taken from a tiny, hand painted artwork. The term "chinz" is related to a Sanskrit word meaning "coloured" or "spotted," and now refers to any cotton or linen furnishing fabric with a pattern, but initially would have been used to describe light,