V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Faces pattern number 25727

pattern number 25727

pattern number E341064

Tartan design 37919-4 is now discontinued

pattern number SUM003

V & A DECORATIVE PAPERS II Wallpaper Pattern Number 2412-179-01 Faces pattern number 25727Calico 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,