V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Star fish pattern number 515312

pattern number 515312

pattern number AGA303

Essex & Co

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

The grey and white colours blend together giving an authentic touch to this brick wallpaper design

V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Star fish pattern number 515312Calico 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,