| SET OF FOUR PIECES OF ENGLISH HAND-COLORED WALLPAPER each depicting a caged bird and a covered birdcage within chinoiserie
fretwork, the colors unusually well preserved, now in modern frames. These
are rare unused sheets of English wallpaper. They are etched then painted
with watercolors. Some sheets bear the wallpaper Duty Stamp on the back,
the number 3 identifying the excise officer. The duty was 1 1/2d per sheet.
18th Century.  |
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