V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-04 Diamond Shape pattern number 25742

pattern number 25742

pattern number 26058

becoming the first president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

This products pattern number is E358119

Based on an example from 1918

V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-04 Diamond Shape pattern number 25742Calico 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,