Wallpaper

Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
 Production date
Late 19th Century
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Object detail

Collection
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection
Measurements
1 - wallpaper sandwich, L: 106 x W: 59.5cm (L: 1060 x W: 595mm); 2 - wallpaper sandwich, L: 13.5 x W: 6.5cm (L: 135 x W: 65mm); Pattern repeat, L: 13.5cm (L: 135mm)
Credit line
Acquisition, 2000
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Wallpaper fragment retrieved from The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, late 19th century
Description
This very degraded fragment includes several layers of wallpaper over which more than one layer of paint has been applied. The top layer of wallpaper is in a style typically used on ceilings or as part of a dado decoration, probably in a hallway.

This wallpaper was used in a house in The Rocks, Sydney.
Accession number
L2000/56-1:2

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